Rosmer (taking them from her). Thank you. And you won't come too?
Rebecca. No, no, I can't come now.
Rosmer. Very well. You are none the less always with me now.
(Goes out by the entrance hall. After a moment REBECCA peeps out
from behind the door which he has left open. Then she goes to the
door on the right, which she opens.)
Rebecca (in a whisper). Now, Mrs. Helseth. You can let him come
in now. (Crosses to the window. A moment later, KROLL comes in
from the right. He bows to her silently and formally and keeps
his hat in his hand.)
Kroll. Has he gone, then?
Rebecca. Yes.
Kroll. Does he generally stay out long?
Rebecca. Yes. But to-day he is in a very uncertain mood--so, if
you do not want to meet him--
Kroll. Certainly not. It is you I wish to speak to--and quite
alone.
Rebecca. Then we had better make the best of our time. Please sit
down. (She sits down in an easy-chair by the window. KROLL takes
a chair beside her.)
Kroll. Miss West, you can scarcely have any idea how deeply
pained and unhappy I am over this revolution that has taken place
in John Rosmer's ideas.
Rebecca. We were prepared for that being so--at first.
Kroll. Only at first?
Rosmer. Mr. Rosmer hoped confidently that sooner or later you
would take your place beside him.
Kroll. I?
Rebecca. You and all his other friends.
Kroll. That should convince you how feeble his judgment is on any
matter concerning his fellow-creatures and the affairs of real
life.
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