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HELMER Here it is. NORA Very well. Now it is all over. I lay the keys here. The servants know about everything in the house-better than I do. To-morrow, when I have started, Christina will come to pack up the things I brought with me from home. I will have them sent after me. HELMER All over! all over! Nora, will you never think of me again? NORA Oh, I shall often think of you, and the children, and this house. HELMER May I write to you, Nora? NORA No-never. You must not. HELMER But I must send youNORA Nothing, nothing. HELMER I must help you if you need it. NORA No, I say. I take nothing from strangers. HELMER Nora-can I never be more than a stranger to you? NORA [Taking her travelling-bag.] Oh, Torvald, then the miracle of miracles would have to happenHELMER What is the miracle of miracles? NORA Both of us would have to change so that-Oh, Torvald, I no longer believe in miracles. HELMER But I will believe. Tell me! We must so change that-? NORA That communion between us shall be a marriage. Good-bye. [She goes out by the hall door. HELMER [Sinks into a chair by the door with his face in his hands.] Nora! Nora! [He looks round and rises.] Empty. She is gone. [A hope springs up in him.] Ah! The miracle of miracles-?! [From below is heard the reverberation of a heavy door closing. THE END |
