Rebecca. Yes, please do. (Holds out her hand to, him.) Thank you,
thank you! You are really uncommonly good-natured.
Kroll (with a little grumble). Am I? I can tell you that is more
than they say at home. (ROSMER comes in by the door on the
right.)
Rebecca. Mr. Rosmer, do you see who is sitting here?
Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth told me. (KROLL gets up.) I am so glad to
see you here again, my dear fellow. (Puts his hands on KROLL'S
shoulders and looks him in the face.) Dear old friend! I knew
that one day we should be on our old footing again.
Kroll. My dear fellow, have you that insane idea in your head
too, that any thing could come between us?
Rebecca (to ROSMER). Isn't it delightful to think it was all our
imagination!
Rosmer. Is that really true, Kroll? But why have you kept so
obstinately away from us?
Kroll (seriously, and in, a subdued voice). Because I did not
want to come here like a living reminder of the unhappy time that
is past--and of her who met her death in the mill-race.
Rosmer. It was a very kind thought on your part. You are always
so considerate. But it was altogether unnecessary to keep away
from us on that account. Come along, let us sit down on the sofa.
(They sit down.) I can assure you it is not in the least painful
for me to think about Beata. We talk about her every day. She
seems to us to have a part in the house still.
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