Pooh, what harm can it do then? [_Takes the brush._] There! [_Seats herself._] I can begin upon this one. HIALMAR. But mind you don’t hurt your eyes! Do you hear? _I_ won’t be answerable; you do it on your own responsibility—understand that. HEDVIG. [_Retouching._] Yes yes, I understand. HIALMAR. You are quite clever at it, Hedvig. Only a minute or two, you know. [_He slips through by the edge of the curtain into the garret._ HEDVIG _sits at her work._ HIALMAR _and_ EKDAL _are heard disputing inside._ HIALMAR. [_Appears behind the net._] I say, Hedvig—give me those pincers that are lying on the shelf. And the chisel. [_Turns away inside._] Now you shall see, father. Just let me show you first what I mean! [HEDVIG _has fetched the required tools from the shelf, and hands them to him through the net._ HIALMAR. Ah, thanks. I didn’t come a moment too soon. [_Goes back from the curtain again; they are heard carpentering and talking inside._ HEDVIG _stands looking in at them. A moment later there is a knock at the passage door; she does not notice it._ GREGERS WERLE. [_Bareheaded, in indoor dress, enters and slops near the door._] H'm——! HEDVIG. [_Turns and goes towards him._] Good morning. Please come in. GREGERS. Thank you. [_Looking towards the garret._] You seem to have workpeople in the house. HEDVIG. No, it is only father and grandfather. I'll tell them you are here. GREGERS. No no, don’t do that; I would rather wait a little. [_Seats himself on the sofa._ HEDVIG. It looks so untidy here—— [_Begins to clear away the photographs._ GREGERS. Oh, don’t take them away. Are those prints that have to be finished off? HEDVIG. Yes, they are a few I was helping father with. GREGERS. Please don’t let me disturb you. HEDVIG. Oh no. [_She gathers the things to her and sits down to work;_ GREGERS _looks at her, meanwhile, in silence._ GREGERS. Did the wild duck sleep well last night? HEDVIG. Yes, I think so, thanks. GREGERS. [_Turning towards the garret._] It looks quite different by day from what it did last night in the moonlight. HEDVIG.