To part—to part from you! No, Nora, no; I can’t grasp the thought. NORA. [_Going into room on the right._] The more reason for the thing to happen. [_She comes back with out-door things and a small travelling-bag, which she places on a chair._ HELMER. Nora, Nora, not now! Wait till to-morrow. NORA. [_Putting on cloak._] I can’t spend the night in a strange man’s house. HELMER. But can we not live here, as brother and sister——? NORA. [_Fastening her hat._] You know very well that wouldn’t last long. [_Puts on the shawl._] Goodbye, Torvald. No, I won’t go to the children. I know they are in better hands than mine. As I now am, I can be nothing to them. HELMER. But some time, Nora—some time——? NORA. How can I tell? I have no idea what will become of me. HELMER. But you are my wife, now and always! NORA. Listen, Torvald—when a wife leaves her husband’s house, as I am doing, I have heard that in the eyes of the law he is free from all duties towards her. At any rate, I release you from all duties. You must not feel yourself bound, any more than I shall. There must be perfect freedom on both sides. There, I give you back your ring. Give me mine. HELMER. That too? NORA. That too. 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 you—— NORA. 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 happen—— HELMER. What is the miracle of miracles? NORA. Both of us would have to change so that——Oh, Torvald, I no longer believe in miracles.