Yes, do that, Steindor.
STEINDOR. Alright. [Goes there.]
HADDA PADDA. Why don't you place your feet in the hole, so that
you will sit more securely?
INGOLF. Are you afraid I'm sitting too near the edge?
HADDA PADDA [takes the end of the rope]. There is no knot on the
end. Fancy, if the rope slipped out of your hands. [Ties a knot in
it.]
INGOLF. Why are you so frightened?
HADDA PADDA. I don't know....It wasn't fair to prevent Steindor
from holding the rope with you.
INGOLF. If you are so afraid, of course we will both hold the
rope.
HADDA PADDA. I don't know....Oh--no, hold it alone. I also want to
see some one, to see him stand there, and hear him call to me.
INGOLF. I prefer that.
HADDA PADDA. But now if it should slip from you--! If you open
your hand a hair's breadth too much, you will lose the rope! [She
starts with a shudder.]
INGOLF. I shall let the rope slide over my shoulder--will you be
more at ease then?
Act IV
HADDA PADDA. If you tie it around your waist, so that it will be
impossible for you to let go of me--then I will be at ease.
INGOLF (gazes intently at her, as if to penetrate the mysterious
veil which envelopes her manner, her words, and her actions.
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