. The collected works of Henrik Ibsen. ther things, because you havegot exactly the home you had set your heart on. Hedda. [Looks up at him and laughs.] Do you too believein that legend ? there nothing in it, then ? yes, there is something in it. Brack. Well ? act ii.] hedda gabler. 77 Hedda. There is this in it, that I made use of Tesmanto see me home from evening parties last sum-mer Brack. I, unfortunately, had to go quite a differentway. Hedda. Thats true. I know you were going a differentway last summer. Brack. [Laughing.] Oh fie, Mrs. Hedda! Well, then—you and Tesman ?
. The collected works of Henrik Ibsen. ther things, because you havegot exactly the home you had set your heart on. Hedda. [Looks up at him and laughs.] Do you too believein that legend ? there nothing in it, then ? yes, there is something in it. Brack. Well ? act ii.] hedda gabler. 77 Hedda. There is this in it, that I made use of Tesmanto see me home from evening parties last sum-mer Brack. I, unfortunately, had to go quite a differentway. Hedda. Thats true. I know you were going a differentway last summer. Brack. [Laughing.] Oh fie, Mrs. Hedda! Well, then—you and Tesman ? Hedda. Well, we happened to pass here one evening;Tesman, poor fellow, was writhing in the agonyof having to find conversation ; so I took pity onthe learned man Brack. [Smiles doubtfully.] You took pity ? Hm Hedda. Yes, I really did. And so—to help him out ofhis torment—I happened to say, in pure thought-lessness, that I should like to live in this villa. more than that ? that evening. Brack. But afterwards ?. 78 HEDDA GABLER. [ACT II. •* , my thoughtlessness had consequences, mydear Judge. Brack.^Unfortunately that too often happens, Mrs^ Hedda. hanks! So you see it was this enthusiasmfor Secretary Falks villa that first constituted abond of sympathy between George Tesman andme. From that came our engagement and ourmarriage, and our wedding journey, and all therest of it. Well, well, my dear Judge—as youmake your bed so you must lie, I could almostsay. is exquisite ! And you really cared not arap about it all the time ? , heaven knows I didnt. Brack. But now ? Now that we have made it sohomelike for you ? —the rooms all seem to smell of lavenderand dried rose-leaves.—But perhaps its Aunt Juliathat has brought that scent with her. Brack.[Laughing.] No, I think it must be a legacyfrom the late Mrs. Secretary Falk. act ii.] hedda gabler. 79 Hedda. Yes, there is an odour of mortality about it. Itreminds me of a
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