Source Text: DOLL1.4Nora: Well, Torvald dear, did you get rid of him?
Helmer: Yes, he's just gone.
Nora: May I introduce you -- ? This is Christine. She's just arrived in town.
Helmer: Christine -- ? Forgive me, but I don't think --
Nora: Mrs. Linde, Torvald dear. Christine Linde.
Helmer: Ah. A childhood friend of my wife's, I presume?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, we knew each other in the earlier days.
Nora: And imagine, now she's travelled all this way to talk to you.
Helmer: Oh?
Mrs. Linde: Well, I didn't really --
Nora: You see, Christine's frightfully good at office work, and she's mad to come under some really clever man who can teach her even more than she knows already --
Helmer: Very sensible, madam.
Nora: So when she heard you'd become head of the bank -- it was in her local paper -- she came her as quickly as she could and -- Torvald, you will, won't you? Do a little something to help Christine? For my sake?
Helmer: Well, that shouldn't be impossible. You are a widow, I take it, Mrs. Linde?
Mrs. Linde: Yes.
Helmer: And you have experience of office work?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, quite a bit.
Helmer: Well then, it's quite likely I may be able to find some job for you --
Nora: You see! You see!
Helmer: You've come at a lucky moment, Mrs. Linde.
Mrs. Linde: Oh, how can I ever thank you -- ?
Helmer: There's absolutely no need. But now I'm afraid I must ask you to excuse me --
Rank: Wait. I'll come with you.
Nora: Don't be too long, Torvald dear.
Helmer: I'll only be an hour.
Nora: Are you going too, Christine?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, I must start to look round for a room.
Helmer: Then perhaps we can walk part of the way together.
Nora: It's such a nuisance we're so cramped here -- I'm afraid we can't offer to --
Mrs. Linde: Oh, I wouldn't dream of it. Goodbye, Nora dear, and thanks for everything.
Nora: Au revoir. You'll be coming back this evening, of course. And you too, Dr. Rank. What? If you're well enough? Of course you'll be well enough. Wrap up warmly, though.
Nora: Here they are! Here they are!
Nora: Come in, come in! Oh, my sweet darlings -- ! Look at them, Christine! Aren't they beautiful?
Rank: Don't stand here chattering in this draught!
Helmer: Come, Mrs. Linde. This is for mothers only.
Nora: How well you look! What red cheeks you've got! Like apples and roses! Have you had fun? That's splendid. You gave Emmy and Bob a ride on the sledge? What, both together? I say! What a clever boy you are, Ivar! Oh, let me hold her for a moment, Anne-Marie! My sweet little baby doll! Yes, yes, Mummy will dance with Bob too. What? Have you been throwing snowballs? Oh, I wish I'd been there! No, don't -- I'll undress them myself, Anne-Marie. No, please let me; it's such fun. Go inside and warm yourself; you look frozen. There's some hot coffee on the stove. What? A big dog ran after you? But he didn't bite you? No, dogs don't bite lovely little baby dolls. Leave those parcels alone, Ivar. What's in them? Ah, wouldn't you like to know! No, no; it's nothing nice. Come on, let's play a game. What shall we play? Hide and seek. Yes, let's play hide and seek. Bob shall hide first. You want me to? All right, let me hide first.