[With eagerness.] Oh, who was that one? Tell me!

The Rat-Wife.

[Laughing.] It was my own sweetheart, it was, little heart-breaker!

Eyolf.

And where is he now, then?

The Rat-Wife.

[Harshly.] Down where all the rats are. [Resuming her milder tone.] But now I must be off and get to business again. Always on the move. [To Rita.] So your ladyship has no sort of use for me to-day? I could finish it all off while I am about it.

Rita.

No, thank you; I don’t think we require anything.

The Rat-Wife.