DOÑA LAURA. Well, Petra, I thought you were never coming. DON GONZALO. But, Juanito, what delayed you so? It is very late. PETRA [_handing violets to Doña Laura_]. My lover gave me these violets for you, Señora. DOÑA LAURA. How very nice of him. Thank him for me. They are very fragrant. [_As she takes the violets from her maid, a few loose ones drop to the ground._] DON GONZALO. My dear Señora, this has been a great honor and pleasure. DOÑA LAURA. And it has also been a pleasure to me. DON GONZALO. Good-by until to-morrow. DOÑA LAURA. Until to-morrow. DON GONZALO. If it is a sunny day. DOÑA LAURA. If it is a sunny day. Will you go to your bench? DON GONZALO. No, Señora, I will come to this, if you do not object? DOÑA LAURA. This bench is at your disposal. [_Both laugh._] DON GONZALO. And I will surely bring the bread crumbs. [_Both laugh again._] DOÑA LAURA. Until to-morrow. DON GONZALO. Until to-morrow. [_Laura walks away on her maid's arm toward right. Gonzalo, before leaving with Juanito, trembling and with a great effort, stoops to pick up the violets Laura dropped. Just then, Laura turns her head and sees him pick up flowers._] JUANITO. What are you doing, Señor? DON GONZALO. Wait, Juanito, wait. DOÑA LAURA [_aside_]. There is no doubt. It is he. DON GONZALO [_walks toward left. Aside_]. There can be no mistake. It is she. [_Doña Laura and Don Gonzalo wave farewells to each other from a distance._] DOÑA LAURA. Merciful heavens! This is Gonzalo. DON GONZALO. And to think that this is Laura. [_Before disappearing they give one last smiling look at each other._] [_Curtain._] THE CREDITOR A PLAY BY AUGUST STRINDBERG PERSONS THELKA. ADOLF [_her husband, a painter_]. GUSTAV [_her divorced husband_]. TWO LADIES, A WAITER. THE CREDITOR A PLAY BY AUGUST STRINDBERG [SCENE: _A small watering-place. Time, the present. Stage directions with reference to the actors._ _A drawing-room in a watering-place; furnished as above._ _Door in the middle, with a view out on the sea; side doors right and left; by the side door on the left the button of an electric bell; on the right of the door in the center a table, with a decanter of water and a glass. On the left of the door in the center a what-not; on the right a fireplace in front; on the right a round table and arm-chair; on the left a sofa, a square table, a settee; on the table a small pedestal with a draped figure--papers, books, arm-chairs. Only the items of furniture which are introduced into the action are referred to in the above plan. The rest of the scenery remains unaffected. It is summer, and the day-time._] SCENE I. [_Adolf sits on the settee on the left of the square table; his stick is propped up near him._] ADOLF. And it's you I've got to thank for all this.