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A candle here...flowers here... That dreadful man. No, no, it's alright. The tree, the tree must be beautiful. Torvald, I'll do whatever you want. I'll sing for you, dance for you - Ah! Back so soon?
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A candle here...
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That's right. Has anyone called?
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No.
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I saw Krogstad at the gate.
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Krogstad? Ah. He was here, just for a moment.
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Krogstad?
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Nora, I know what it is. He was asking you to put in a work for him.
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Yes
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You were to pretend it was your idea? You were to pretend he hadn't been here? Did he ask that too?
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Oh, Torvald-
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Nora, how could you? Talk to a man like that, make promises, lie to me?
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Lie?
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No one called you said. Little bird must never do that again. Little bird must only sing pretty songs. No nasties. Let's have no more about it. It's lovely and warm in here.
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Torvald...
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What?
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I can't wait for Boxing Day. The Stenborgs. The fancy-dress party.
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I can't wait for
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And I can't wait to see your surprise.
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I'm such a goose.
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Goose
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What d'you mean?
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The surprise. I can't think what to wear. Every idea I have seems silly, silly.
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The surprise.
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Dear little Nora realises that at last?
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Torvald, are you busy?
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Busy?
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Mm?
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Those papers.
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Bank business.
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Already?
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The retiring manager has authorised me to review staffing and duties. I have to do it this week, have it ready by New Year.
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That's why poor Mr Krogstad -
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Hm.
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Torvald, if you hadn't been so busy , I was going to ask you a big favour.
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Torvald, if you hadn't
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What favour?
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No one has taste like yours. I want to look nice for the fancy dress party. Torvald, won't you settle it? Tell me what to wear, what I ought to go as?
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No one has taste like yours.
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Aha! My independent little creature needs a helping hand.
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I can't manage without you.
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I can't
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I'll think about it. We'll so it out.
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You are nice.
Aren't these red flowers pretty? Did Krogstad do something really terrible? |
You are nice.
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Forged someone's name. Can you imagine?
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If he'd no alternative - ?
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If he'd
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If he'd made a mistake... I'm not heartless, I won't condemn a man for one mistake.
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Torvald...
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Plenty of people make mistakes, admit them, take the punishment -
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Punishment?
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But not Krogstad. He wriggled out of it. That's what I can't forgive.
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You can't?
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Imagine someone like that. Lies, hypocrisy, tricking everyone in sight, his family, his wife, his children. That's the worst thing of all, the children.
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What d'you mean?
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An atmosphere like that, a stench of lies and deceit, poisons the whole household. Each breath children take in a house like that is a lung of deadly germs.
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D'you really believe that?
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Darling, when I worked in the law I saw hardly anything else. Almost always, when people go bad young in life, the cause is a deceitful mother.
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Just - a mother?
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Just
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It's usually the mother. Though a father can be just as bad. Every lawyer knows. This Krogstad has been poisoning children for years. Lies, cheating...you see what I mean, depraved.
That's why darling little Nora must promise never ask me to help him. Mm? Mm? Take hold. What's the mater? Take hold. There. I just couldn't work with him. People like that literally make me ill. |
It's so hot in here. And I've such a lot to do.
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It's so hot
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