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ANNA Oh, no, ma’am, that she hasn’t. She wrote to me both when she was confirmed and when she was married. NORA[Embracing her.] Dear old Anna-you were a good mother to me when I was little. ANNA My poor little Nora had no mother but me. NORA And if my little ones had nobody else, I’m sure you would- Nonsense, nonsense! [Opens the box.] Go in to the children. Now I must-You’ll see how lovely I shall be to-morrow. ANNA I’m sure there will be no one at the ball so lovely as my Miss Nora. [She goes into the room on the left. NORA [Takes the costume out of the box, but soon throws it down again.] Oh, if I dared go out. If only nobody would come. If only nothing would happen here in the meantime. Rubbish; nobody is coming. Only not to think. What a delicious muff! Beautiful gloves, beautiful gloves! To forget- to forget! One, two, three, four, five, six [With a scream.] Ah, there they come. [Goes towards the door, then stands irresolute. MRS. LINDEN enters from the hall, where she has taken off her things. } NORA Oh, it’s you, Christina. There’s nobody else there? I’m so glad you have come. MRS. LINDEN I hear you called at my lodgings. NORA Yes, I was just passing. There’s something you must help me with. Let us sit here on the sofa so. To-morrow evening there’s to be a fancy ball at Consul Stenborg’s overhead, and Torvald wants me to appear as a Neapolitan fisher-girl, and dance the tarantella; I learned it at Capri. MRS. LINDEN I see-quite a performance. NORA Yes, Torvald wishes it. Look, this is the costume; Torvald had it made for me in Italy. But now it’s all so torn, I don’t know MRS. LINDEN Oh, we shall soon set that to rights. It’s only the trimming that has come loose here and there. Have you a needle and thread? Ah, here’s the very thing. NORA Oh, how kind of you. MRS. LINDEN [Sewing.] So you’re to be in costume to-morrow, Nora? I’ll tell you what-I shall come in for a moment to see you in all your glory. But I’ve quite forgotten to thank you for the pleasant evening yesterday. |
