AXEL [Sitting, painting]. And you, too, are in Paris!

DR. OESTERMARK. Everything gathers here as the center of the world;
and so you are married--and happy?

AXEL. Oh, yes, so, so. Yes, I'm quite happy. That's understood.

DR. OESTERMARK. What's understood?

AXEL. Look here, you're a widower. How was it with your marriage?

DR. OESTERMARK. Oh, very nice--for her.

AXEL. And for you?

DR. OESTERMARK. So, so! But you see one must compromise, and we
compromised to the end.

AXEL. What do you mean by compromise?

DR. OESTERMARK. I mean--that I gave in!

AXEL. You?

DR. OESTERMARK. Yes, you wouldn't think that of a man like me, would
you?

AXEL. No, I would never have thought that. Look here, don't you
believe in woman, eh?