_Mrs. Linde_. Yes, I see it. _Nora_. That letter is from Krogstad. _Mrs. Linde_. Nora--it was Krogstad who lent you the money! _Nora_. Yes, and now Torvald will know all about it. _Mrs. Linde_. Believe me, Nora, that's the best thing for both of you. _Nora_. You don't know all. I forged a name. _Mrs. Linde_. Good heavens--! _Nora_. I only want to say this to you, Christine--you must be my witness. _Mrs. Linde_. Your witness! What do you mean? What am I to--? _Nora_. If I should go out of my mind--and it might easily happen-- _Mrs. Linde_. Nora! _Nora_. Or if anything else should happen to me--anything, for instance, that might prevent my being here-- _Mrs. Linde_. Nora! Nora! you are quite out of your mind. _Nora_. And if it should happen that there were someone who wanted to take all the responsibility, all the blame, you understand-- _Mrs. Linde_. Yes, yes--but how can you suppose--? _Nora_. Then you must be my witness, that it is not true, Christine. I am not out of my mind at all; I am in my right senses now, and I tell you no one else has known anything about it; I and I alone, did the whole thing. Remember that. _Mrs. Linde_. I will, indeed. But I don't understand all this. _Nora_. How should you understand it? A wonderful thing is going to happen. _Mrs. Linde_. A wonderful thing? _Nora_. Yes, a wonderful thing!--But it is so terrible, Christine; it _mustn't_ happen, not for all the world. _Mrs. Linde_. I will go at once and see Krogstad. _Nora_. Don't go to him; he will do you some harm. _Mrs. Linde_. There was a time when he would gladly do anything for my sake. _Nora_. He? _Mrs. Linde_. Where does he live? _Nora_. How should I know--? Yes (_feeling in her pocket_) here is his card. But the letter, the letter--! _Helmer_ (_calls from his room, knocking at the door_). Nora. _Nora_ (_cries out anxiously_). Oh, what's that? What do you want? _Helmer_. Don't be so frightened. We are not coming in; you have locked the door. Are you trying on your dress? _Nora_. Yes, that's it. I look so nice, Torvald. _Mrs. Linde_ (_who has read the card_) I see he lives at the corner here. _Nora_. Yes, but it's no use. It is hopeless. The letter is lying there in the box. _Mrs. Linde_. And your husband keeps the key? _Nora_. Yes, always. _Mrs. Linde_. Krogstad must ask for his letter back unread, he must find some pretence-- _Nora_. But it is just at this time that Torvald generally-- _Mrs. Linde_. You must delay him. Go in to him in the meantime. I will come back as soon as I can. (_She goes out hurriedly through the hall door_.) _Nora_ (_goes to_ HELMER'S _door, opens it and peeps in_). Torvald! _Helmer_ (_from the inner room_). Well? May I venture at last to come into my own room again? Come along, Rank, now you will see--(_ Halting in the doorway_.) But what is this? _Nora_. What is what, dear? _Helmer_. Rank led me to expect a splendid transformation.