Where did you see her?

Asta.

I saw her on the road, outside the town.

Allmers.

I saw her, too, somewhere up in the country.

Rita.

[Who is sitting on the sofa.] Perhaps it will be our turn to see her next, Eyolf.

Eyolf.

Auntie, isn’t it strange that she should be called the Rat-Wife?

Asta.