Hjalmar. There! Now he must needs go hunting.
Gina (coming in). Oh! Ekdal, I think grandfather’s a-firing away in the loft by himself.
Hjalmar. I’ll look in.
Gregers (eagerly and moved). One moment! Do you know what that was?
Hjalmar. Of course I do.
Gregers. No, you do not. But I know it. It was the proof!
Hjalmar. What proof?
Gregers. It was a child’s sacrifice. She has got your father to shoot the wild duck.
Hjalmar. Shoot the wild duck!
Gina. Well, I never!