Hjalmar. We used to have better rooms, but this flat has one great advantage; there are such capital outer rooms.
Gina. And then we’ve a room on the other side of the passage that we can let.
Gregers (to Hjalmar). Really—then you’ve lodgers, too.
Hjalmar. No, not yet. That’s not so easy, you see; one has to keep on the look out. (To Hedvig.) But how about that beer, Hedvig.
Hedvig nods and goes into the kitchen.
Gregers. So that is your daughter?
Hjalmar. Yes, that’s Hedvig.
Gregers. And she is your only child?
Hjalmar. She is the only one, yes. She is our greatest joy on earth, and (in a lower tone), she is also our greatest sorrow, Gregers.
Gregers. What’s that you say?