I wonder whether there will be any use for such homes in the coming time.

Hilda.

Poor Mr. Solness! And you have gone all these ten years—and staked your whole life—on that alone.

Solness.

Yes, you may well say so, Hilda.

Hilda.

[With an outburst.] Oh, it all seems to me so foolish—so foolish!

Solness.

All what?

Hilda.