Hilde. Have you been out for a morning walk?

Lyngstrand. Oh, no! nothing came of the walk this morning.

Hilde. Have you been bathing, then?

Lyngstrand. Yes; I've been in the water a little while. I saw
your mother down there. She was going into her bathing-machine.

Hilde. Who was?

Lyngstrand. Your mother.

Hilde. Oh! I see. (She puts the stool in front of the rocking-
chair.)

Bolette (interrupting). Didn't you see anything of father's boat
out on the fjord?

Lyngstrand. Yes; I thought I saw a sailing-boat that was steering
inland.

Bolette. I'm sure that was father. He's been to visit patients on
the islands. (She is arranging things on the table.)

Lyngstrand (taking a step up the stairs to the verandah). Why,
how everything's decorated here with flowers!

Bolette. Yes; doesn't it look nice?