Oh, people just give her that name because she wanders round the country driving away all the rats.
Allmers.
I have heard that her real name is Varg.
Eyolf.
Varg! That means a wolf, doesn’t it?
Allmers.
[Patting him on the head.] So you know that, do you?
Eyolf.
[Cautiously.] Then perhaps it may be true, after all, that she is a were-wolf at night. Do you believe that, Papa?
Allmers.