Hedda.
Indeed?
Mrs. Elvsted.
He gave up his old habits. Not because I asked him to, for I never dared do that. But of course he saw how repulsive they were to me; and so he dropped them.
Hedda.
[Concealing an involuntary smile of scorn.] Then you have reclaimed him—as the saying goes—my little Thea.
Mrs. Elvsted.
So he says himself, at any rate. And he, on his side, has made a real human being of me—taught me to think, and to understand so many things.
Hedda.
Did he give you lessons too, then?