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

ADOLF.
Yes, naturally. My servant can simply go across to Fyen and bring my luggage over here.
BRANDT.
Your luggage? Well . . . . (To the SERVANT.) Yes, in the meantime you can bring it
into the garden room.
(The SERVANT goes into the house.)
ADOLF.
You see, my dear Brandt, as you can well imagine it is not my old aunt, as dear as she is
to me, that attracts me here. No, the magnet is rather someone else.
So . . . ? Dare I ask who?
Her oldest daughter, my cousin Louise.
BRANDT.
ADOLF.
BRANDT (aside).
My wife! There we have it! (Aloud.) You're not serious?
ADOLF.
I most definitely am serious. You know that frankness is one of my foremost qualities. I
shall not conceal from you that for a long time I have had my head full of this girl. Ever
since I was a half-grown boy I have heard her talked about. Moreover, I believe
that her mother and my mother had destined us for one another.
BRANDT (aside).
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