Foldal.

Oh, it’s a terrible tragedy——

Borkman.

[Nodding to him.] Almost as terrible as yours, I fancy, when I come to think of it.

Foldal.

[Naïvely.] Yes, at least as terrible.

Borkman.

[Laughing quietly.] But looked at from another point of view, it is really a sort of comedy as well.

Foldal.

A comedy? The story of your life?