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Tesman.
Yes, I will.
Mrs. Elvsted.
But please, please don't say a word to show that I have suggested it.
Tesman.
No, how could you think I would? Eh? [He goes out to the right, through the inner room.
Hedda.
[Goes up to Mrs. Elvsted, smiles, and says in a low voice.] There! We have killed two birds with one stone.
Mrs. Elvsted.
What do you mean?
Hedda.
Could you not see that I wanted him to go?
Mrs. Elvsted.
Yes, to write the letter
Hedda.
And that I might speak to you alone.
Mrs. Elvsted.
[Confused.] About the same thing?
Hedda.
Precisely.
Mrs. Elvsted.
[Apprehensively.] But there is nothing more Mrs. Tesman! Absolutely nothing!