[In rising excitement.] What will you say to him?

Solness.

I will say to him: Hear me, Mighty Lord—thou may’st judge me as seems best to thee. But hereafter I will build nothing but the loveliest thing in the world——

Hilda.

[Carried away.] Yes—yes—yes!

Solness.

—build it together with a princess, whom I love——

Hilda.

Yes, tell him that! Tell him that!

Solness.