Nora. What? What do you mean?

Krogstad. You will be so kind as to see that I am allowed to keep
my subordinate position in the Bank.

Nora. What do you mean by that? Who proposes to take your post
away from you?

Krogstad. Oh, there is no necessity to keep up the pretence of
ignorance. I can quite understand that your friend is not very
anxious to expose herself to the chance of rubbing shoulders with
me; and I quite understand, too, whom I have to thank for being
turned off.

Nora. But I assure you--

Krogstad. Very likely; but, to come to the point, the time has
come when I should advise you to use your influence to prevent
that.

Nora. But, Mr. Krogstad, I have no influence.

Krogstad. Haven't you? I thought you said yourself just now--

Nora. Naturally I did not mean you to put that construction on
it. I! What should make you think I have any influence of that
kind with my husband?

Krogstad. Oh, I have known your husband from our student days. I