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Three Comedies
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2019
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Leonarda. You are twirling your moustache again. What are you planning in your mind?
Rosen. I?—Shall I write here? (Goes to the desk.)
Leonarda. Yes. (He takes up a pen.) Ah, I know what it is! As soon as you get home, you will write another letter recalling this one.
Rosen. Yes, naturally.
Leonarda. Ha, ha, ha! (Sits down.) Well, I give you up!
Rosen. Thank you!—Then will you try one of my cigarettes?
Leonarda. No.
Rosen. Nor come for a ride?
Leonarda. No.
Rosen. Am I to come here this evening?
Leonarda. I shall be engaged.
Rosen. But you will be riding to-morrow morning?
Leonarda. I don't know.
Rosen. Then I shall take the liberty of coming to ask I wish you a very good day.
Leonarda. Look, there is a strange man at the door (Gets up.)
Rosen. What? (Turns round.) He? Has he the face to come here? (Looks out of the open window.) Pst! Pst!—Hans!—Don't you see my horse has got loose? (Goes hurriedly out past the stranger, who bows to him.) Pst! Pst!
[Enter HAGBART.]
Hagbart. Madam! (Stops short.)
Leonarda. May I ask—?
Hagbart. You do not know me, then?
Leonarda. No.
Hagbart. I am Hagbart Tallhaug.
Leonarda. And you dare to tell me so—with a smile on your lips?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. How is it you dare to come here?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. Not a word! Or can there be two men of that name?
Hagbart. No.
Leonarda. So it was you who came forward at the Philharmonic concert, when I was seeking admittance for myself and my adopted daughter, and spoke of me as "a woman of doubtful reputation"? Is that so?
Hagbart. Yes, madam; and I must—
Leonarda (interrupting him impetuously). Then get out of here!—Hans! (HANS is heard answering her from without.)
Hagbart. Mrs. Falk, first allow me to—.
[Enter HANS.]
Leonarda. Hans, will you see this gentleman off my premises.
Hans. Certainly, ma'am.
Hagbart. Wait a moment, Hans!
Hans. Shall I, ma'am? (Looks at LEONARDA.)
Hagbart. It concerns your niece, Mrs. Falk.
Leonarda. Aagot! Has anything happened to her? I have had no letter from her!
Hagbart. Wait outside, Hans!
Hans (to LEONARDA). Shall I, ma'am?
Leonarda. Yes, yes! (HANS goes out.) What is it?
Hagbart. No bad news.
Leonarda. But how is it you are here on her behalf?
Hagbart. It is difficult to avoid people at a watering-place, you know—although I must admit your niece did her best. She treated me as contemptuously as possible even went farther than that; but she could not prevent my talking to people she used to talk to, or my happening to be where she was; so that—well—she heard them talk about me, and heard me talk to them—and in the end she talked to me herself.
Leonarda. Talked to you?
Hagbart. Yes, it is no good denying it—she actually talked to me, and that more than once.
Leonarda. But what is the meaning of this visit to me?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. I want you to deliver your message briefly and concisely—and not a word more than that.
Rosen. I?—Shall I write here? (Goes to the desk.)
Leonarda. Yes. (He takes up a pen.) Ah, I know what it is! As soon as you get home, you will write another letter recalling this one.
Rosen. Yes, naturally.
Leonarda. Ha, ha, ha! (Sits down.) Well, I give you up!
Rosen. Thank you!—Then will you try one of my cigarettes?
Leonarda. No.
Rosen. Nor come for a ride?
Leonarda. No.
Rosen. Am I to come here this evening?
Leonarda. I shall be engaged.
Rosen. But you will be riding to-morrow morning?
Leonarda. I don't know.
Rosen. Then I shall take the liberty of coming to ask I wish you a very good day.
Leonarda. Look, there is a strange man at the door (Gets up.)
Rosen. What? (Turns round.) He? Has he the face to come here? (Looks out of the open window.) Pst! Pst!—Hans!—Don't you see my horse has got loose? (Goes hurriedly out past the stranger, who bows to him.) Pst! Pst!
[Enter HAGBART.]
Hagbart. Madam! (Stops short.)
Leonarda. May I ask—?
Hagbart. You do not know me, then?
Leonarda. No.
Hagbart. I am Hagbart Tallhaug.
Leonarda. And you dare to tell me so—with a smile on your lips?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. How is it you dare to come here?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. Not a word! Or can there be two men of that name?
Hagbart. No.
Leonarda. So it was you who came forward at the Philharmonic concert, when I was seeking admittance for myself and my adopted daughter, and spoke of me as "a woman of doubtful reputation"? Is that so?
Hagbart. Yes, madam; and I must—
Leonarda (interrupting him impetuously). Then get out of here!—Hans! (HANS is heard answering her from without.)
Hagbart. Mrs. Falk, first allow me to—.
[Enter HANS.]
Leonarda. Hans, will you see this gentleman off my premises.
Hans. Certainly, ma'am.
Hagbart. Wait a moment, Hans!
Hans. Shall I, ma'am? (Looks at LEONARDA.)
Hagbart. It concerns your niece, Mrs. Falk.
Leonarda. Aagot! Has anything happened to her? I have had no letter from her!
Hagbart. Wait outside, Hans!
Hans (to LEONARDA). Shall I, ma'am?
Leonarda. Yes, yes! (HANS goes out.) What is it?
Hagbart. No bad news.
Leonarda. But how is it you are here on her behalf?
Hagbart. It is difficult to avoid people at a watering-place, you know—although I must admit your niece did her best. She treated me as contemptuously as possible even went farther than that; but she could not prevent my talking to people she used to talk to, or my happening to be where she was; so that—well—she heard them talk about me, and heard me talk to them—and in the end she talked to me herself.
Leonarda. Talked to you?
Hagbart. Yes, it is no good denying it—she actually talked to me, and that more than once.
Leonarda. But what is the meaning of this visit to me?
Hagbart. If you will only allow me to—
Leonarda. I want you to deliver your message briefly and concisely—and not a word more than that.
