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Krogstad.
And yet you have the courage to?
Mrs. Linden.
I know to what lengths despair can drive a man.
Krogstad.
Oh, if I could only undo it!
Mrs. Linden.
You could. Your letter is still in the box.
Krogstad.
Are you sure?
Mrs. Linden.
Yes; but
Krogstad.
[Looking to her searchingly.] Is that what it all means? You want to save your friend at any price. Say it out—is that your idea?
Mrs. Linden.
Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for the sake of others, does not do so again.
Krogstad.
I shall demand my letter back again.
Mrs. Linden.
No, no.
Krogstad.
Yes, of course. I shall wait till Helmer comes; I shall tell him to give it back to me—that it's only about my dismissal—that I don't want it read
