Then I became quite foolhardy.
When I came up again, I asked you to go down and let me hold the
rope for you.
INGOLF. I hardly believed you were as strong as you are.
HADDA PADDA. If you had not had courage to go down by my hands, I
am not quite sure that I could be so fond of you. I shall never
forget that moment. I saw you come up again with an angelica crown
on your head. I saw you rise up like a green-crowned sea-god from
the deep.--
INGOLF. I can't bear the thought that I shall leave you in a few
days.
HADDA PADDA [smiles].
INGOLF. You smile?
HADDA PADDA. I am thinking of something. Shall I tell you?
LITTLE SKULI [comes rushing in from the right]. Hadda Padda! Have
you seen--? Ah, Ingolf, are you here? [Runs straight up to Ingolf,
catching hold of both his hands]. Why did you leave home so soon,
Ingolf?
INGOLF. Because I wanted to go to Copenhagen.
HADDA PADDA. Skuli dear, will you be a good boy and make me a
ship?
LITTLE SKULI. Oh no, not now.
HADDA PADDA. Oh yes, your last ship was so well cut out, with
great big masts. [Pats him.] You're a dear.
INGOLF. Then you'll be allowed to come along with us to the
country next summer.
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