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Yes, of course—it makes it a little more expensive. But Hedda had to have this trip, Auntie! She really had to. Nothing else would have done. (1.75)
HEDDA
[Goes up the room.] Well, I shall have one thing at least to kill time with in the meanwhile.
TESMAN
[Beaming.] Oh thank heaven for that! What is it, Hedda. Eh?
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Most like she'll be terrible grand in her ways.
MISS TESMAN.
Well, you can't wonder at that—General Gabler's daughter! Think of the sort of life she was accustomed to in her father's...
LØVBORG
No; it is only the moral victory I care for. (2.267)
MRS. ELVSTED
I shall never go back to him again.
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HEDDA
But what do you think people will say of you, Thea?
MRS. ELVSTED
They may say what they like, for aught I ca...
MISS TESMAN
Well, you can't wonder at that—General Gabler's daughter! Think of the sort of life she was accustomed to in her father's time. Don't you remember how we used to see her ridin...
MISS TESMAN
[Who has been gazing at her with folded hands.] Hedda is lovely—lovely—lovely. [Goes up to her, takes her head between both hands, draws it downwards, and kiss...
TESMAN
And fancy—I'm delighted to hear that he is quite a reformed character. (1.435)