[Playfully.] Yes, yes, Miss Wangel, you know how to keep firm hold
on a man, when you give your mind to it.
[MRS. SOLNESS and DR. HERDAL go up to the ladies, who are
standing nearer to the steps and looking over the garden.
HILDA remains standing beside the railing in the foreground.
RAGNAR goes up to her.


RAGNAR.

[With suppressed laughter, half whispering.] Miss Wangel--do you see
all those young fellows down in the street?


HILDA.

Yes.


RAGNAR.

They are my fellow students, come to look at the master.


HILDA.

What do they want to look at him for?