I had left the date blank. That is to say, your father was himself to date his signature. Do you recollect that? NORA. Yes, I believe—— KROGSTAD. Then I gave you the paper to send to your father, by post. Is not that so? NORA. Yes. KROGSTAD. And of course you did so at once; for within five or six days you brought me back the document with your father’s signature; and I handed you the money. NORA. Well? Have I not made my payments punctually? KROGSTAD. Fairly—yes. But to return to the point: You were in great trouble at the time, Mrs. Helmer. NORA. I was indeed! KROGSTAD. Your father was very ill, I believe? NORA. He was on his death-bed. KROGSTAD. And died soon after? NORA. Yes. KROGSTAD. Tell me, Mrs. Helmer: do you happen to recollect the day of his death? The day of the month, I mean? NORA. Father died on the 29th of September. KROGSTAD. Quite correct. I have made inquiries. And here comes in the remarkable point—[_Produces a paper_] which I cannot explain. NORA. What remarkable point? I don’t know—— KROGSTAD. The remarkable point, madam, that your father signed this paper three days after his death! NORA. What! I don’t understand—— KROGSTAD. Your father died on the 29th of September. But look here: he has dated his signature October 2nd! Is not that remarkable, Mrs. Helmer? [NORA _is silent._] Can you explain it? [NORA _continues silent._] It is noteworthy, too, that the words “October 2nd” and the year are not in your father’s handwriting, but in one which I believe I know. Well, this may be explained; your father may have forgotten to date his signature, and somebody may have added the date at random, before the fact of your father’s death was known. There is nothing wrong in that. Everything depends on the signature. Of course it is genuine, Mrs. Helmer? It was really your father himself who wrote his name here? NORA. [_After a short silence, throws her head back and looks defiantly at him._] No, it was not. _I_ wrote father’s name. KROGSTAD. Ah!—Are you aware, madam, that that is a dangerous admission? NORA. How so? You will soon get your money. KROGSTAD. May I ask you one more question? Why did you not send the paper to your father? NORA.