Guldstad.
Till, in a year, the timber merchant broke.
Mrs. Halm.
Then Strawman had a call to north.
Miss Jay.
And there
Vowed, in a letter that I saw (as few did),
He lived but for his duty, and for her.
Falk [as if completing her statement].
And with those words his Life's Romance concluded.
Mrs. Halm [rising].
How if we should go out upon the lawn, And see if there's no prospect of them yet?
Miss Jay [drawing on her mantle].
It's cool already.
Mrs. Halm.
Svanhild, will you get My woollen shawl?—Come ladies, pray!
Lind [to Anna, unobserved by the others].
Go on!
[Svanhild goes into the house; the others, except Falk, go towards the back and out to the left. Lind, who has followed, stops and returns.
