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

No, that is true, it was unfair to ask. Then give me your hand, cousin, and let us seal our
kinship with a handshake. (He takes her hand. Aside.) Her hand is trembling! (Aloud.)
It is best that we act as if we had known one another a long time. We have after all
known each other through our closest relatives. Has your mother often spoken of me?
Yes, very often.
HANNE.
ADOLF.
Has she? Did she speak well of me? She has certainly said that I was a wildcat, and
frivolous and wanton.
HANNE.
No, she has positively not said anything other than good about you.
ADOLF.
No? Oh, that is infinitely precious to me! Yes, she is a magnificent woman. I certainly
believe that you must resemble her.
HANNE.
Many people have said so, at least. But I am not as tall as she is.
ADOLF.
I do not mean the outer likeness; as far as that goes, I can see myself that you look like
her. I was thinking about the inner likeness.
HANNE.
I dare not praise myself that I resemble her. She is so good, so pious and so clever!
ADOLF.
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