Yes, I know for certain he drove down the road. Oh, my dear Miss Monsen, you can’t think how happy I am! Wait a moment—I’ll just run to the cellar, and fetch up a bottle of the real thing. [_Goes out to the left._ STENSGÅRD. Tell me, Miss Monsen—is it really your father you are looking for? RAGNA. Yes, of course it is. STENSGÅRD. And you didn’t know that he had gone away? RAGNA. Oh, how should I know? They tell me nothing. But to Christiania——? That’s impossible; they would have met him. Good-bye! STENSGÅRD. [_Intercepts her._] Ragna! Tell me! Why are you so changed towards me? RAGNA. I? Let me pass! Let me go! STENSGÅRD. No, you shall not go! I believe Providence guided you here at this moment. Oh, why do you shrink from me? You used not to. RAGNA. Ah, that is all over, thank God! STENSGÅRD. But why? RAGNA. I have learnt to know you better; it is well that I learned in time. STENSGÅRD. Oh, that is it? People have been lying about me? Perhaps I am to blame too; I have been lost in a maze of perplexities. But that is past now. Oh, the very sight of you makes a better man of me. It is you I care for, deeply and truly; it is you I love, Ragna—you and no other! RAGNA. Let me pass! I am afraid of you—— STENSGÅRD. Oh, but to-morrow, Ragna—may I come and speak to you to-morrow? RAGNA. Yes, yes, if you must; only for heaven’s sake not to-day. STENSGÅRD. Only not to-day! Hurrah! I have won; now I am happy! MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. [_Enters from the left with cake and wine._] Come now, we must drink a glass for luck. STENSGÅRD. For luck in love! Here’s to love and happiness! Hurrah for to-morrow! [_He drinks._ HELLE. [_Entering from the right, to_ RAGNA.] Have you found him? RAGNA. No, he is not here. Come, come! MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Heaven help us, what’s the matter? HELLE. Nothing; only some visitors have arrived at Stonelee—— RAGNA. Thanks for all your kindness, Madam Rundholmen—— MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Oh, have you got visitors on your hands again? RAGNA. Yes, yes; excuse me; I must go home. Good-bye! STENSGÅRD.