see the sea again! Oh, it's a wonderful thing to be alive and be
happy. (A bell is heard in the hall.)

Mrs. Linde (rising). There is the bell; perhaps I had better go.

Nora. No, don't go; no one will come in here; it is sure to be
for Torvald.

Servant (at the hall door). Excuse me, ma'am--there is a
gentleman to see the master, and as the doctor is with him--

Nora. Who is it?

Krogstad (at the door). It is I, Mrs. Helmer. (Mrs. LINDE starts,
trembles, and turns to the window.)

Nora (takes a step towards him, and speaks in a strained, low
voice). You? What is it? What do you want to see my husband
about?

Krogstad. Bank business--in a way. I have a small post in the
Bank, and I hear your husband is to be our chief now--

Nora. Then it is--

Krogstad. Nothing but dry business matters, Mrs. Helmer;
absolutely nothing else.

Nora. Be so good as to go into the study, then. (She bows
indifferently to him and shuts the door into the hall; then comes