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Ulfheim.

I have a castle to offer you——

Maia.

[Pointing to the hut.] A fellow to that one?

Ulfheim.

It has not fallen to ruin yet.

Maia.

And all the glory of the world, perhaps?

Ulfheim.

A castle, I tell you——

Maia.

Thanks! I have had enough of castles.

Ulfheim.

—with splendid hunting-grounds stretching for miles around it.

Maia.

Are there works of art too in this castle?

Ulfheim.

[Slowly.] Well, no—it's true there are no works of art; but——

Maia.

[Relieved.] Ah! that's one good thing, at any rate!