Dolls House

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W? A B D R A Y? B H D B Y? N, D D B L L D. L T P A, I. W I T? A, W Y L T K! N, N; I N N. C O, L P A G. W S W P? H A S? Y, L P H A S. B S H F. Y W M T? A R, L M H F.

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What? A big dog ran after you? But he didn't bite you? No, dogs don't bite lovely little baby dolls. Leave those parcels alone, Ivar. What's in then? Ah, wouldn't you like to know! No, no; it's nothing nice. Come on, let's play a game. What shall we play? Hide and seek? Yes, let's play a game. What shall we play? Hide and seek? Yes, let's play Hide and seek. Bob shall hide first. You want me to? All right, let me hide first.

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O! W D Y W?

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Oh! What do you want?

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M H I N A H, M K.

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My husband is not at home, Mr Krogstad.

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W , W D Y W H, T?

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Well, what do you want here, then?

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W - ? G I T A-M. W? N, T S G W D A T H M. W H G W S P A.

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With - ? Go inside to Anne-Marie. What? No, the strange gentleman won't to anything to hurt mummy. When he's gone we'll start playing again.

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Y W R S T M?

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You want to speak to me?

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T? B I N T F O T M Y.

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Today? But its not the first of the month yet.

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W D Y W? I C G Y A T -

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What do you want? I can't give you anything today -

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O, Y. Y, I S S - T -

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Oh, yes. Yes, I suppose so - though -

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Y, T.

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Yes, today.

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Y, S I. B I D S -

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Yes, she is. Bur I don't see -

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H D Y P T C-E M, M K? Y, O O M H E? B S Y A, Y S H A A. Y, M L I T B E B T B. A I A I, M K. N Y K.

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How dare you presume to cross-examine me, Mr Krogstad? You, one of my husband's employees? But since you ask, you shall have an answer. Yes, Mrs Linde is to be employed by the bank. And I arranged it Mr Krogstad. Now you know.

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O, O H A L I, Y K. J B O A W I D N M T - W O I I A H P, M K, O S T T B O S W - H- !

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Oh, one has a little influence, you know. Just because ones a woman it doesn't necessarily mean that - when one is in a humble position, Mr Krogstad, one should think twice before offending someone who - hm - !

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W? W D Y M?

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What? What do you mean?

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W D Y M? W I T O R Y F Y P?

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What do you mean? Who is thinking of removing you from your position?

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B I A Y -

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But I assure you -

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B, M K, I H N I!

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But, Mr Krogstad, I have no influence!

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B I D M I L T! I? H O E C Y I T I W H A I O M H?

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But I don't mean it like that! I? How on earth could you imagine that I would have influence over my husband?

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I Y S I O M H, I S S Y T D.

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If you speak impertinent of my husband, I shall show you the door.

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I N A O Y A L. O T N Y I I, I S B R O Y.

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I'm not afraid of you any longer. Once the New Year is in, I'll soon be rid of you.

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S I S.

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So it sounds.

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I T I D H S -

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I think I did hear something.

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B, M D M K I S I I M P T H Y.

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But, my dear Mr Krogstad, it simply isn't in my power to help you.

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Y D M Y T M H T I O Y M?

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You don't mean you'd tell my husband that I owe you money?

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T B A F T! T S T I M P A M J - T H S H A I I S A F, B W - H A I F Y! I I M I T M D U -

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That'd be a filthy trick! This secret that I'd my pride and my joy - that he should hear about it in such a filthy, beastly way - hear about it from you! It'd involve me in the most dreadful unpleasantness-

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A R, D I! Y B T O W S. I S M H T K O M Y A, A T Y N K Y J.

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All right, do it! You'll be the one who'll suffer. It'll show my husband the kinf of man you are, and then you'll never keep your job.

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I M H H A I, H W O C I P Y W I O. A T W S H N M T D W Y.

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If my husband hears about it, he would of course immediately pay you whatever is owing. And then we shall have nothing more to do with you.

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I D K A E.

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I didn't know anyone else.

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A Y D I.

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And you did it.

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Y, A W I S.

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Yes, and which I signed.

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W T B? H D S I.

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Was to be? He did sign it.

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Y, W. H I R T I A A?

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Yes, we'll. Haven't I repayed the installments ad agreed?

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P D O T T-N O S.

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Papa died on the twenty-ninth of September.

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I C. P W V I. I I A H T S T, I H H T T H W T M W F. B I C H T H I H C T M H L W I D. I C H D T!

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I couldn't. Pappa was very ill. If I'd asked him to sign this, I'd have had to tell him what the money was for. But I couldn't have told him in his condition that my husbands life was in danger. I couldn't have done that!

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B I C! I W T S M H L. I C P I O.

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But I couldn't! It was to save my husbands life. I couldn't put it off.

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I C B A T. I D C A Y. I H Y B O A T B D Y P I M W W Y K H D I M H W.

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I couldn't bother about that. I didn't care about you. I hated you because of all the beastly difficulties you'd put in my way when you know how dangerously ill my husband was.

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Y? D Y E M T B T Y W H T A R L T T S Y W L?

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You? Do you expect me to believe that you would have taken a risk like that to say your wife's life?

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T T L M B V S.

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Then the law must be very stupid.

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I D B T. H A D T R T S H F F W A A W H O A D? H A W T R T S H H L? I D K M A T L, B T M B S S T S T S T A A. Y O T K T, Y M T B A L, A Y? Y C B A V G L, M K.

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I don't believe that. Hasn't a daughter the right to shield her father from worry and anxiety when he's old and dying? Hasn't a wife the right to save her husbands life? I don't know much about the law, but there mist be something somewhere that says that such things are allowed. You ought to know that, you're meant to be a lawyer, aren't you? You can't be a very good lawyer Mr Krogstad.