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Hilda.

[Looks in amused surprise at him.] Yes, of course it is.

Solness.

Then you must be a daughter of the district doctor up at Lysanger?

Hilda.

[As before.] Yes, who else's daughter should I be?

Solness.

Oh, then I suppose we met up there, that summer when I was building a tower on the old church.

Hilda.

[More seriously.] Yes, of course it was then we met.

Solness.

Well, that is a long time ago.

Hilda.

[Looks hard at him.] It is exactly the ten years.

Solness.

You must have been a mere child then, I should think.

Hilda.

[Carelessly.] Well, I was twelve or thirteen.

Dr. Herdal.

Is this the first time you have ever been up to town, Miss Wangel?

Hilda.

Yes, it is indeed.