Oh, if it only depended on me---


SOLNESS.

I will have it settled, I say! And to-morrow too--not a day later!


KAIA.

[Terrified.] If there's nothing else for it, I am quite willing to
break off the engagement.


SOLNESS.

[Angrily.] Break it off. Are you mad? Would you think of breaking
it off?


KAIA.

[Distracted.] Yes, if necessary. For I must--I must stay here with
you! I can't leave you! That is utterly--utterly impossible!


SOLNESS.

[With a sudden outburst.] But deuce take it--how about Ragnar then!