HILDA.

[With great sparkling eyes.] That was the song that I heard through
the air!


SOLNESS.

But afterwards his turn came.


HILDA.

What do you mean by that?


SOLNESS.

[Looks despondently at her.] Building homes for human beings--is not
worth a rap, Hilda.


HILDA.

Do you say that now?


SOLNESS.