Three Dramas by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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table. INGEBORG is standing by the sideboard. Breakfast is
proceeding in silence as the curtain rises. INGEBORG takes away EVJE'S cup and re-fills it. As she brings it back to him, a ring is heard at the bell. GERTRUD gets up.) Evje. Sit still; John will go to the door. (GERTRUD sits down again. Directly afterwards, another ring is heard.) Mrs. Evje. What can John be doing? Ingeborg. I will go. (Goes out. She comes back, showing in HARALD REJN, who hangs up his hat and coat in the hall before coming in.) Harald. Good morning! Evje and Mrs. Evje. Good morning! (HARALD shakes hands with them.) Harald (to GERTRUD, who is sitting on the right). Good morning, Gertrud! Am I a bit late to-day? (GERTRUD, who has taken his hand, looks lovingly at him but says nothing.) Mrs. Evje. Yes, I suppose you have been for a long constitutional, although the weather is none of the best. Harald. It is not; I expect we shall have a thick fog by the afternoon. Evje. Did you have breakfast before you went out? |
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