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TESMAN. [Crosses the room.] Oh Hedda—one should never rush into adventures. Eh?
HEDDA. [Looks at him, smiling.] Do you do that?
TESMAN. Yes, dear—there is no denying—it was adventurous to go and marry and set up house upon mere expectations.
HEDDA. Perhaps you are right there.
— Oct 21, 2023 09:39AM
HEDDA. [Looks at him, smiling.] Do you do that?
TESMAN. Yes, dear—there is no denying—it was adventurous to go and marry and set up house upon mere expectations.
HEDDA. Perhaps you are right there.
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HEDDA.
I hear what you are saying,Tesman.But how am I to get through the evenings out here?
TESMAN.
Oh,I daresay Judge Brack will be so kind as to look in now and then,even though I am out.
BRACK.
Every blessed evening,with all the pleasure in life, Mrs. Tesman! We shall get on capitally together, we two!
HEDDA.
Yes,don't you flatter yourself we will,Judge Brack? Now that you are the one cock in the basket—”
— Nov 01, 2023 03:08PM
I hear what you are saying,Tesman.But how am I to get through the evenings out here?
TESMAN.
Oh,I daresay Judge Brack will be so kind as to look in now and then,even though I am out.
BRACK.
Every blessed evening,with all the pleasure in life, Mrs. Tesman! We shall get on capitally together, we two!
HEDDA.
Yes,don't you flatter yourself we will,Judge Brack? Now that you are the one cock in the basket—”
MihaElla
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BRACK.
I am sorry, Mrs. Hedda,—but I fear I must dispel an amiable illusion.
HEDDA.
Illusion?
BRACK.
Which could not have lasted long in any case.
HEDDA.
What do you mean?
BRACK.
Eilert Lovborg did not shoot himself—voluntarily.
HEDDA.
Not voluntarily?
BRACK.
No. The thing did not happen exactly as I told it.
— Nov 01, 2023 03:03PM
I am sorry, Mrs. Hedda,—but I fear I must dispel an amiable illusion.
HEDDA.
Illusion?
BRACK.
Which could not have lasted long in any case.
HEDDA.
What do you mean?
BRACK.
Eilert Lovborg did not shoot himself—voluntarily.
HEDDA.
Not voluntarily?
BRACK.
No. The thing did not happen exactly as I told it.
MihaElla
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HEDDA.
[In a clear voice.] At last a deed worth doing!
TESMAN.
[Terrified.] Good heavens, Hedda! what are you saying?
HEDDA.
I say there is beauty in this.
BRACK.
H'm, Mrs. Tesman—
MRS. ELVSTED.
Oh, Hedda, how can you talk of beauty in such an act!
HEDDA.
Eilert Lovborg has himself made up his account with life. He has had the courage to do—the one right thing.
— Nov 01, 2023 02:59PM
[In a clear voice.] At last a deed worth doing!
TESMAN.
[Terrified.] Good heavens, Hedda! what are you saying?
HEDDA.
I say there is beauty in this.
BRACK.
H'm, Mrs. Tesman—
MRS. ELVSTED.
Oh, Hedda, how can you talk of beauty in such an act!
HEDDA.
Eilert Lovborg has himself made up his account with life. He has had the courage to do—the one right thing.
MihaElla
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HEDDA.
[Rises and approaches THEA.] You may doubt him as long as you please; I believe in him. And now we will try—
MRS. ELVSTED.
You have some hidden motive in this, Hedda!
HEDDA.
Yes, I have. I want for once in my life to have power to mould a human destiny.
MRS. ELVSTED.
Have you not the power?
HEDDA.
I have not—and have never had it.
MRS. ELVSTED.
Not your husband's?”
— Oct 24, 2023 08:42PM
[Rises and approaches THEA.] You may doubt him as long as you please; I believe in him. And now we will try—
MRS. ELVSTED.
You have some hidden motive in this, Hedda!
HEDDA.
Yes, I have. I want for once in my life to have power to mould a human destiny.
MRS. ELVSTED.
Have you not the power?
HEDDA.
I have not—and have never had it.
MRS. ELVSTED.
Not your husband's?”
MihaElla
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LOVBORG.
Answer me one thing, Hedda—
HEDDA.
Well?
LOVBORG.
Was there no love in your friendship for me either? Not a spark—not a tinge of love in it?
HEDDA.
I wonder if there was? To me it seems as though we were two good comrades—two thoroughly intimate friends. [Smilingly.] You especially were frankness itself.
LOVBORG.
It was you that made me so.
— Oct 24, 2023 06:27AM
Answer me one thing, Hedda—
HEDDA.
Well?
LOVBORG.
Was there no love in your friendship for me either? Not a spark—not a tinge of love in it?
HEDDA.
I wonder if there was? To me it seems as though we were two good comrades—two thoroughly intimate friends. [Smilingly.] You especially were frankness itself.
LOVBORG.
It was you that made me so.
MihaElla
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LOVBORG.
[Softly, as before.] Answer me, Hedda—how could you go and do this?
HEDDA.
[Apparently absorbed in the album.] If you continue to say du to me I won't talk to you.
LOVBORG.
May I not say du even when we are alone?
HEDDA.
No. You may think it; but you mustn't say it.
LOVBORG.
Ah, I understand. It is an offence against George Tesman, whom you— love.
— Oct 24, 2023 06:21AM
[Softly, as before.] Answer me, Hedda—how could you go and do this?
HEDDA.
[Apparently absorbed in the album.] If you continue to say du to me I won't talk to you.
LOVBORG.
May I not say du even when we are alone?
HEDDA.
No. You may think it; but you mustn't say it.
LOVBORG.
Ah, I understand. It is an offence against George Tesman, whom you— love.
MihaElla
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LOVBORG.
[Who has never taken his eyes off her, says softly and slowly:] Hedda—Gabler!
HEDDA.
[Glancing hastily at him.] Ah! Hush!
LOVBORG.
[Repeats softly.] Hedda Gabler!
HEDDA.
[Looking at the album.] That was my name in the old days—when we two knew each other.
LOVBORG.
And I must teach myself never to say Hedda Gabler again—never, as long as I live.
— Oct 24, 2023 06:13AM
[Who has never taken his eyes off her, says softly and slowly:] Hedda—Gabler!
HEDDA.
[Glancing hastily at him.] Ah! Hush!
LOVBORG.
[Repeats softly.] Hedda Gabler!
HEDDA.
[Looking at the album.] That was my name in the old days—when we two knew each other.
LOVBORG.
And I must teach myself never to say Hedda Gabler again—never, as long as I live.
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“HEDDA. Of course I cannot have my man in livery just yet.TESMAN. Oh, no, unfortunately. It would be out of the question for us to keep a footman, you know.
HEDDA. And the saddle-horse I was to have had—
TESMAN. [Aghast.] The saddle-horse!
HEDDA. I suppose I must not think of that now.
TESMAN. Good heavens, no!—that's as clear as daylight!
HEDDA. [Goes up the room.] Well, I shall have one thing at least to kill time with in the meanwhile.
TESMAN. [Beaming.] Oh thank heaven for that! What is it, Hedda. Eh?
HEDDA. [In the middle doorway, looks at him with covert scorn.] My pistols, George.
TESMAN. [In alarm.] Your pistols!
HEDDA. [With cold eyes.] General Gabler's pistols.
[She goes out through the inner room, to the left.
TESMAN. [Rushes up to the middle doorway and calls after her:] No, for heaven's sake, Hedda darling—don't touch those dangerous things! For my sake Hedda! Eh?”
HEDDA. [Rising slowly and wearily.] It was part of our compact that we were to go into society—to keep open house.
TESMAN. Yes, if you only knew how I had been looking forward to it! Fancy—to see you as hostess—in a select circle! Eh? Well, well, well—for the present we shall have to get on without society, Hedda—only to invite Aunt Julia now and then.—Oh, I intended you to lead such an utterly different life, dear—!”