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Solness.
[More lightly.] But now I am building a new home for myself—just opposite here.
Hilda.
For yourself?
SOLNESS.
Yes. It is almost finished. And on that there is a tower.
Hilda.
A high tower?
Solness.
Yes.
Hilda.
Very high?
Solness.
No doubt people will say it is too high—too high for a dwelling-house.
Hilda.
I'll go out and look at that tower the first thing to-morrow morning.
SOLNESS.
[Sits resting his check on his hand, and gazes at her.] Tell me, Miss Wangel—what is your name? Your Christian name, I mean?
Hilda.
Why, Hilda, of course.
Solness.
[As before.] Hilda? Indeed?
Hilda.
Don't you remember that? You called me Hilda yourself—that day when you misbehaved.
