第25章 ACT III(8)(2 / 2)

Helmer.That too?

Nora.That too.

Helmer.Here it is.

Nora.That's right.Now it is all over.I have put the keys here.

The maids know all about everything in the house--better than I do.

Tomorrow,after I have left her,Christine will come here and pack up my own things that I brought with me from home.I will have them sent after me.

Helmer.All over!All over!--Nora,shall you never think of me again?

Nora.I know I shall often think of you,the children,and this house.

Helmer.May I write to you,Nora?

Nora.No--never.You must not do that.

Helmer.But at least let me send you--

Nora.Nothing--nothing--

Helmer.Let me help you if you are in want.

Nora.No.I can receive nothing from a stranger.

Helmer.Nora--can I never be anything more than a stranger to you?

Nora (taking her bag).Ah,Torvald,the most wonderful thing of all would have to happen.

Helmer.Tell me what that would be!

Nora.Both you and I would have to be so changed that--.Oh,Torvald,I don't believe any longer in wonderful things happening.

Helmer.But I will believe in it.Tell me!So changed that--?

Nora.That our life together would be a real wedlock.Goodbye.

(She goes out through the hall.)

Helmer (sinks down on a chair at the door and buries his face in his hands).Nora!Nora!(Looks round,and rises.)Empty.She is gone.(A hope flashes across his mind.)The most wonderful thing of all--?

(The sound of a door shutting is heard from below.)End