I had one once. ...
KRISTRUN [catching the ball]. Then you haven't it any more?
RANNVEIG. No.
KRISTRUN. And you are still alive?
RANNVEIG. He who lived once in happiness dies twice. [Sees the
sisters throw the ball faster and faster.] Don't throw the ball so
carelessly.
KRISTRUN. Be calm. The prince won't come. And even if he came--do
you think we have the same life-egg, I and Hrafnhild?
RANNVEIG. Now stop making fun of me! The ball may hit you in the
face--there now!--that's enough!--you nearly dazed my Hadda. It is
strange to like to do this. [Picks up the ball, and puts it back
on the velvet.]
KRISTRUN. Tell me, Veiga, perhaps your life-egg was a young man's
heart. ...
RANNVEIG. We won't talk about it any more.
KRISTRUN. And how did it break?
RANNVEIG [enraged]. At least I didn't play with it. _I_ never
played with anybody else's feelings.
KRISTRUN. There--there, don't snarl so, you're simply barking--
bow, wow!
RANNVEIG [furious]. How many have you made fools of already?
KRISTRUN. Let me see--. [Counts on her fingers.] One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, [throws off one shoe,
and counts on her toes] eleven .
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