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Extract [1].
Act 1 p. 68, 69 .
(1) Nora: Oh! You"re back so soon?.
(2) Helmer: Yes. Has anyone been here?.
(3) Nora: Here? No.
(4) Helmer: That's odd. I saw Krogstad leaving the front door.
(5) Nora: So? Oh yes, that's true. Krogstad was here a moment.
(6) Helmer: Nora, I can see by your face that he's been here, begging you to put in .
a good word for him.
(7) Nora: Yes.
(8) Helmer: And it was supposed to seem like your own idea? You were to hide it .
from me that he"d been here. He asked you that, too, didn"t he?.
(9) Nora: Yes, Torvald, but - .
(10) Helmer: Nora, Nora, and you could fall for that? Talk with that sort of person .
and promise him anything? And then in the bargain, tell me an untruth.
(11) Nora: An untruth -.
(12) Helmer: Didn"t you say that no one had been here? (Wagging his finger.) My .
little songbird must never do that again. A songbird needs a clean beak to warble .
with. No false notes. (Putting his arm about her waist.) That's the way it should .
be, isn"t it? Yes, I"m sure of it. (Releasing her.) And so, enough of that. (Sitting .
by the stove.) Ah, how snug and cozy it is here. (Leafing among his papers.).
(13) Nora: (busy with the tree, after a short pause). Torvald!.
(14) Helmer: Yes.
(15) Nora: I"m so much looking forward to the Stenborgs" costume party, day after .
tomorrow.
(16) Helmer: And I can"t wait to see what you"ll surprise me with.
(17) Nora: Oh, that stupid business!.
(18) Helmer: What?.
(19) Nora: I can"t find anything that's right. Everything seems so ridiculous, so .
inane.
(20) Helmer: So my little Nora's come to that recognition?.
(21) Nora: (going behind his chair, her arms resting on its back). Are you very busy, .
Torvald?.
(22) Helmer: Oh - .
(23) Nora: What papers are those?.
(24) Helmer: Bank matters.
(25) Nora: Already?.
(26) Helmer: I"ve gotten full authority from the retiring management to make all .