[Makes a movement to rise, but remains sitting.] Then we should never have been together. For I was a child then—and he wasn’t much more.

Borgheim.

[After a pause.] Was it so delightful—that time?

Asta.

Oh yes, indeed it was.

Borgheim.

Was there much that was really bright and happy in your life then?

Asta.

Oh yes, so much. You cannot think how much.

Borgheim.