DR. OESTERMARK. Yes, that's what I say, too.

AXEL. I can't deny that it, is not altogether to my taste, but as
long as I must have a woman model--

MRS. STARCK. That's another matter.

AXEL. Another?

MRS. STARCK. Yes, it is another matter--although it resembles the
other, it is not the same. [There is a knock.]

AXEL. There he is!

MRS. STARCK. We'll go, then. Good-bye and au revoir. Give my love
to Bertha.

AXEL. Good-bye, then, as you're so scared. And au revoir.

CARL and DR. OESTERMARK. Good-bye, Axel.

CARL [To Axel]. You stay in here, at least, while--

AXEL. No, why should I?

CARL [Goes shaking his head]. Ugh!

[Axel alone starts to paint. There is a knock.]