Thekla. What's his name?
Adolf. Sjöberg.
Thekla. What did he say?
Adolf. Well—he said, among other things—that I'm pretty near getting epilepsy.
Thekla [with a step to the right]. Among other things! What else did he say?
Adolf. Oh, something extremely unpleasant.
Thekla. Let me hear it.
Adolf. He forbade us to live together as man and wife for some time.
Thekla. There you are. I thought as much. They want to separate us. I've already noticed it for some time.
[She goes round the circular table toward the right.]