cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

For heaven's sake! No! Stop teasing me!... What would you say if I revealed a secret, if
you yourself had told it to me?
Be quiet!
ELISABETH.
BJØRN.
Yes, there we have it. You say "be quiet," and I am quiet, and that is just my merit. (He
takes the letter out of his pocket.) What would you say if I delivered this letter to
someone other than yourself?
ELISABETH.
Give it to me! Hurry up, in case somebody is coming!
BJØRN.
There we have it. Now you yourself recommend silence to me.
There is no signature.
ELISABETH.
BJØRN.
But you can depend on it, it is for you. I am no more guilty of confusion, than of gossip.
(ELISABETH has opened the letter and reads it to herself.) But to get to the point: Mr.
Flemming is here; he says he positively must speak with you tête-à-tête, and that nobody
must know he is here. He is down in the garden, hiding behind the trees, and he is
waiting for your answer.
ELISABETH.
(who in the meanwhile has read the letter).
I know all that, it is in the letter.
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