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Nora.
No; that is just it.
Helmer.
Nora!—Can you say so!
Nora.
Oh, I'm so sorry, Torvald; for you've always been so kind to me. But I can't help it. I do not love you any longer.
Helmer.
[Mastering himself with difficulty.] Are you clear and certain on this point too?
Nora.
Yes, quite. That is why I will not stay here any longer.
Helmer.
And can you also make clear to me how I have forfeited your love?
Nora.
Yes, I can. It was this evening, when the miracle did not happen; for then I saw you were not the man I had imagined.
Helmer.
Explain yourself more clearly; I don't understand.
Nora.
I have waited so patiently all these eight years; for of course I saw clearly enough that miracles don't happen every day. When this crushing blow
