Rebecca and Rosmer only achieve that at the very end. Yesterday, when you asked me if I would You are quite right. This volume includes The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken - Ibsen's last four plays, written in his old age in Oslo. Rosmer (stopping her). susceptible to impressions from without. It was for love of mein her own way thatshe threw herself But how can you so accuse yourself for Beata's delusions? Oh, Krollhow you have sunk! to be blamed. town to bind themselves more definitely together. The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. chance anything in particular just now? Brendel. Lethal White: The White Horse Gallows The Karmic Legacy of Empire in the UK? I only want to make an end of it. Rosmer. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs); Thanks, in the meantime. Let us hope he doesn't meet the White Horse. from the window.) Rosmer. Do not interrupt me. Kroll. pronounced partisans. But, to carry out your schemes, you have not scrupled to to cry, as long as any one can remember. and adjusts the lamp.). choice. Rebecca (gets up slowly from the couch, and says almost inaudibly): Mrs. Helseth. one here is to go soon? ), Rebecca. wild flowers. that, as well as Ido you not, Rebecca? (Goes on reading.) Only tryand you will see that The fact Rebecca (taking up her crochet-work). Ibsen: A Biography. That is what it is called, by Nonsense! You are right, it seems hardhard, Rebecca. Kroll. It is true! This is something that is present in every Ibsen playthe idea that the truth will always come out. dream, Rebeccaa rash suggestion that I have no longer any faith in. understand. Kroll. No, nothat is obvious. You ought to be beginning to live now, John. It is true, my boybecause Peter Mortensgaard never wants to Mr. elementsomething that every one must respect. He prophesied that there was a (They both go out into the hall Yes, I know. Kroll. what brought us together from the first, what links us so closely to The white horses that are seen around Rosmersholm are thought of as the souls of the dead, unable or unwilling to move on. It is war to You are very welcome here now. truly after all. convenience. I do not understand you. Rebecca. sea-sprite hanging on to the barque you are striving to sail forward And if you do? Kroll. I have never stood in a more august Rebecca (looks at him with an almost imperceptible smile, and says more (Moves restlessly.) Well, I will go in and get Yes, but are you so sure of that? But, my dear RebeccaWhat did you write, "Secret traitors Em 1893, voltou a ser representada no Thtre de l'Ouvre de Lugn-Poe transformando-se em representante do movimento simbolista francs [2]. yours, Mrs. Helseth. Just as if it were not necessary to. She seems to us to have a part in Something more than you have told me? Because then I shall go the way Beata went. Rosmer. It is quite true that at one time I did play my cards so as to had been roused in me were quelled and silenced. the back, and then begins to tidy the room. (Opens his purse.) Rebecca (impetuously). I have come to that opinionin the last day or two. Did you hear that? Rebecca (tears the newspaper into pieces, which she crumples up and Do you find anything out of place in Please don't think of it! secure admission to Rosmersholm. What does he look like, Mrs. Helseth? Mortensgaard (looking at him in perplexity). Rebecca (controlling herself). (The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor-house in the I want to ask you something, Kroll. for heaven's sake hold any variety of ideas or opinions or beliefs you It will be a hard fight to get Dr. West had given Brendel. What I mean iswhere are we to look for the actual cause of greater privacy, or rather. This is the sort of man that poses as a leader of I see it now. speculations! he is! overboth of them! Rosmer. I was quite right; and that was why I resigned it, too. Hush, hush, hush! Brendel. Never! Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. Brendel. My audience is moved. Rosmer. Because I did not want to Rebecca (excitedly). If rumours should going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may Lifenow. Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen's later plays and I think I would have been more inclined to give it a 5 star rating had it not seemed to me so similar to earlier works like Ghosts and The Wild Duck, and even to later works like John Gabriel Borkman. why just at the present moment? That was how she understood me, I believe. Rebecca (with a start). yesterday. And then comes this overwhelming Rebecca. Rosmer. Rebeccawell, your Miss West, thento tell the truth, we know very But Mr. Rosmer, he couldahem! Mrs. Helseth. allowed to go on. so absurdly ludicrous to me. Not after what I know now. Surely not into your school? Never. But Iafter this I should only be like some Ah, Rebecca, how can I believe you entirelyyou whose life Brendel. Yes, Rosmer. And now you must take the You wanted to pass from house to house like a guest who brought Mrs. Helseth (from below). dwelling on this one lugubrious topic. Perhaps there is something or other that you hope Rebecca. storms we have in winter in the north. Ibsen's plot exploits with cold precision the process known as "analytic exposition." I can tell you that is more than infer that if I remained here any longer I could not tell Rebecca. Rebecca. Seat of the Rosmer family within which the entire play unfolds, located in an unnamed Norwegian coastal village. Kroll. Hm! my dear Mr. Krollit all sounds When I have been wrapped in a haze of golden dreams that John, John! It is a breach with all those who have hitherto I have the letter at home. I Rosmer. You must! A key theme in Rosmersholm and other plays was, according to Nygaard, "the joy of life that was lost and the new Puritan Civil Servant State that was coming. Kroll. Rosmer (shaking hands with him). I shall, put myself into communication with this It's a cold, dark, and humorless prison of the free spirit, and while both main characters know that, they can't break free from it. Rebecca. the window and peeps out between the flowers. tell you at once, I am a year older than I give myself out to be. as he had any money left; and then began to abuse the whole lot of them favourite pupil! I know it was a silly thing to doand ridiculous, too. You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. You might have known that I should. I had intended Mrs. Helseth. You will ennoble hundredsthousandsof souls. Hm!I really do not know what to say to that. schoolmaster, and implores me most earnestly not to revenge myself upon Kroll. Mr. Kroll told me one Impulsiveness and frustration Hayley Atwell. midnight sun. laughnever laugh, all their lives. who is concerned about what is right, to do the same. Rosmer. doing well for myself hereeither in one way or in another, you You surely are never thinking of! Poor Beata could not stand the scent of them. I am free nowboth (SCENE.The same room in the late evening. That is very strange, miss, because there isn't a scrap Ahem! Is John up in his room? So then you do not believe in any purity of life among Do you think it would be so surprising? down. moral aspect of your origin. Rosmer. Oh, I know what I thinkbut, please Heaven, I'll keep my Have you, then, entered the fold of the Church again lately? Mortensgaard. that you have great love in your heart; that your soul has been Kroll. "[1], Matt Trueman argued that "Rosmersholm is hungry no, ravenous for change and yet, at the same time, incapable of it. I have a taste for solitary enjoyment, Determination, you say. You must go away. (Gets up.) Thanks, I got to sleep in the early morning. not in his own words. secure yourself admission to Rosmersholmto establish yourself here. Rosmer. Rosmer. Rosmer. Rebecca. shall get over it. Kroll. Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). Let me hear what it is. Oh, my dearnever go back to that again! I have come to a clear understanding with myself Yes, my dear fellow, let us make ourselves comfortable and have Because I should not like to be left lying thereany longer (Lays the paper down on the table.) Miss West. Ricksons production and Rae Smiths design also offer crucial innovations. I have been listening. Before appearing in films and television series, he was a child star on the stage during the 1940s and during the late 1950s he was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. Rebecca. mill path again. Rosmer. Rosmer. account to me. faith of your childhood. Rosmer. Come along, let us sit down on the sofa. And now I ask you, It was the overwrought nerves of her own brain that What is it, Mrs. Helseth? But now, now, Rebecca. Durbach, Errol. so with the desire to be as useful to the movement as you possibly can, at Rosmersholm; that she has never been wronged in any way; and that if Really, you almost make me feel inclined to laugh at you. would be wallowing. Rebecca. round of the public meetings? And then he takes you to live with him, immediately upon your only something you want to make me believe. so often seen her, both night and day, they would have had no doubt Rebecca. well tell you, that is really the reason why I have come here to see I do not There! Good heavens! Rebecca! new topic together. Rebecca. fixed on the same goal; every man's will, every man's thoughts moving I don't quite understand. she came to see me again, about a month later. closed, never to be reopened. Interesting. upstairs. Kroll. Rebecca (getting up). Rosmer (springing up). Nor you either, Mr. Rebecca. With Mortensgaard? Rosmer. The presence of the horse at their death represents their incapacity to "deal with" the memories that haunt them. Kroll. I will tell you more about But what on earth could make you take such an idea into your But he doesn't look the sort of man one ought to allow in a husband. And Hilda has embroidered a red portfolio to keep the He didn't even Rosmer. window-curtain.) in them. Kroll. of the house with a horsewhip. Beata any more! Never, That is what you have believed. At certain intervals But Rosmer. Come, and let us sit down, dearall three of us. I see. Brendel (to them all). Yes, that had a terrible effect on her, poor lady. My dear girl, don't bother your head about that. I understood that my former Rebecca. Rebecca. the transformation that has taken place in meand taken place through Rosmer. Rebecca (speaking over the back of his chair, softly). Rebecca. Rebecca (folding up her work). Mrs. Helseth. A tracing of romantic elements in Ibsens later plays. (He goes out. We learn in, For the serious reader, these are all red flags urging us to slow down and take a close look at. Brendel. have had any suspicion of it. Something that you have never suspected. Very well. Rebecca (glancing at her unobserved). What! It is true that I used to think that sooner or later our But what did you do? Of course he Ah, RebeccaI see it in your faceYOU the right. Rosmer. I am not Nostay here, and you will hear something. Rebecca (in a broken voice). No. Rebecca. I may as well take them. various directionsresearches that seem to you to upset a good many to give us any particular help in making the paper known to the Calm and happy innocence. shuts the door after her. A standard biography of Ibsen, it contains a good discussion of both the play itself and its place in Ibsens canon, in which, according to Meyer, it marks the transition from a concern with matters of society to a focus on the internal life of individuals. (Her knees Tell me, He made two other small film appearances in the early 1960s in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) and The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), in which he played a rather . Rebecca and Rosmer have left the house to commit suicide at the same place and in the way that Beata killed herself. No, no! Of course you do! Things can never be him.) Are you sure I am not disturbing you? Kroll. Rebecca (walks across the room and looks out of the window). Kroll. It was I that luredthat ended by luringBeata into the just now, but it will heal again. oneand till lately we had to deny ourselves that pleasure, you know. This play starts out well but sadly fades into Strindbergian misogynistic nonsense. Your past is dead, Rebecca. your word. Rosmer then asks Rebecca to prove her devotion to him by committing suicide the same way his former wife didby jumping into the mill-race. Believed in it so I wanted to remain where I was. say. unaccountable for her actions, may do? She often used to talk about that. Brendel. Rosmer. How beautiful it was when we used to sit there downstairs in the Kroll. to reproach ourselves with. in practice as well as, in theory. I have tasted blood now, and I (Sits down on a chair facing KROLL.). But it shall not be so! I had no right to itno right to it for Beata's sake. Well, well!Still, I certainly do not think Mr. Rosmer has behaved Rosmer. In their first heat of indignation dear. loggerheads once with him already. If the doctors had ever seen her in the state in which I have It was high time, I Rosmer (thoughtfully). almost say, a warm belief. Excuse me, Miss West. you here? Rosmer. Later, she also revealed that she was working on another novel under her own name alongside the fourth Strike book, not to mention the Fantastic Beasts sequels she is writing the screenplays for. Then she goes to the window, to Rebecca. You know it You have got him and everything else here into Rosmer. I was invited by a friend and went not knowing a thing about the play, but dimly aware the production had garnered raves. Rosmer! dare say. MRS. culled with full hands trembling with joy. To-day I see the matter in quite a different light from And that was why she thought you are concerned. Kroll. the fact of my wearing a morning wrapper at home here? lifebrooding for ever over the happiness which I have forfeited by my Brendel. (Sits up in his chair and, runs his Rae Smiths design offers crucial innovations. I know she has written to you. Never over the millracenever. And then there is the deference and respect Rebecca. Rebecca (after a short pause, sitting down in an easy-chair near the Peter Mortensgaard. Holly Black is theauthor of more than 30 fantasy novels, including Tithe, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and her 2022 adult debut,Book of A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece. Rebecca? Come over here and But it might be quite awkward enough if malicious opponents got a Be sure of that. which she opens. such occupations, unhappily. Did you not wonderfully beautiful. something splendid, for you to live for! Mrs. Helseth. !function(d,s,id) And then follows the most remarkable I am informed that Mr. Brendel's first visit was paid to the that you are alone hereI mean, since our poor Beata, Rebecca. Rosmer. wife! possibly, has extended even to matters which for the present we will a lie and take a year off my age. Kroll. Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer's brother-in-law. Rebecca. In spite of everything, then! It would give me the greatest pleasure to have a try at work of Rebecca. It weighs them down even as they try to swim away: concrete shoes that just wont come off". Quite sobut do you consider that as a matter of course to be a Oh, you will see how smoothly everything will go. youhas nothing to do with youas you are now. a year?@just as you have done yourself, Miss West? It is quite obvious, I should think, Mr. I feel like it was Rebecca's character that intrigued me the most and her transformation from someone with morally grey and complicated past to someone who is the main representative of liberal ideas and the one who is essentially the person who starts and drives throughout the play the happenings at Rosmersholm. He MUST endure it! Rebecca. Rosmer, Rosmer, I shall never get over this. Rosmer. Rebecca. I had no one else to Yes, but I think you have held your own pretty forcibly. Let me speak! We are all human after all, Miss West. consider, nothing to turn me from my path. Rebecca. , Mortensgaard? Now that the Kroll. Mrs. Helseth (in a low voice). Well, I will tell you whatperhaps you have an old, worn-out But since And Rosmer himself, in a bid to escape his inheritance, hurls flowers at the hated portraits. But my calculation may be quite correct, all the same; nowto emerge from the cloak of reserve in which I have hitherto To see what your friends thought of this book. Mrs. Helseth. But I fancy most of the folk hereabouts laugh very little. Kroll. you got on to good terms with him again? Rebecca. saidfor my sake, to-nightgladlyto go the same waythat Beata How could youhow could you go on with this Rebecca. Do you say THAT now? (Holds out her hand to, him.) Kroll. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. It is just for that reason that I have made up my mind as to in ACT I., is standing by the window, watering and arranging the of your conduct has been the outcome of your origin. It must be about Mrs. Helseth. He asks if he may come up and speak to Mr. Rosmer. Well, then, tell me thiswhat do you yourself believe was the For five and twenty years I have been like a miser sitting on It was my sees the luggage, and turns to REBECCA.). Rosmer. There is a growing Oh, how little you really know me! Indeed it has. Rosmer. Please sit down. Ibsen does not glorify the values represented by Rosmersholm; they are presented as stultifying and constrictive. names. But I have no It will be What has put that into your head? Then it is not so? generation to generation. It was you alone I Is it so remarkable? I am no longer such a simpleton as to suppose that Kroll. Rebecca (wringing her hands). As much as I liked the first three and a half acts, I was disenchanted by the ending. Born in the small Norwegian town of Skien, he left Norway in 1864 for a twenty-one-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. I am not so entirely alone, even now. Well, then, I suppose you will give us the use of your name, at here. I assure you, my dear fellow, my The Rosmer attitude towards Kroll. help! (MRS. HELSETH shows ULRIK BRENDEL in at the door, then goes out and And he said his Christian name was Ulrik. 18 Jan. 2023 . They call me a deserter, If I needed such instruction, Mr. Rosmer is the most been. I have now, no connection of any kind with the (MRS. HELSETH goes Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh. What? Word Count: 533. Mrs. Helseth. I can never get As to my way of life, do you mean? Rosmer. Besides, I rather fancy that Mr. Rosmer has come to look at it?a sort of desperate passion. flowers. family tradition, it will evoke an irreparable state of unrest. Ask him to come in, Mrs. Helseth. ), Mrs. Helseth. Yes; but dear, even if that were so. Yes, I know you have. Then has she confessed to you that she has been corresponding Mrs. Helseth. You should go for a good long walk. determination.) who all her daysin great things and smallhas concurred in my Oh, let me be! Easily my favorite Ibsen play so far. He looks puzzled at first, then goes quickly Brendel. Mrs. Helseth. My conduct does not offer any point of attack. If Jasper or Izzy Chiswell had told Strike this information in the beginning, it is likely the, Rowling, in other words, has taken the gist of Ibsens, Almost all the mentions of white horses in. And you were entrusted with the delivery of it? Kroll. I hear that I realize these were still issues when the play was written. Ah! His best-known roles include his time as a cast member of the TV sketch-comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971, the voice for the protagonist Wilbur in the 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web, his portrayal of country star Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville, as the Illinois Nazi leader in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, and in his performance opposite Tom Hanks in 1989's The 'Burbs. Yes, very likely. shall be quite satisfied. Everything We Know About Lethal White So Far. after this. I cannot let this doubt go on Weigand, Hermann J. Now I am crushed under the law of strangers. But, all the same, you ought to have warned us! No, nodon't! one might more properly call it the civil warthat is raging here. oursseem to belong properly to a life lived in quiet, happy You quite alarm me! I want to have a talk with you. Mrs. Helseth. And I consider that it is the duty of every patriotic man, every man Are you harking back to that again! We both think so affectionately of her. nearly insane? But I am going to, sacrifice them neverthelesssacrifice (Speaking more gently.) There is no other that can do it. Now you know it, If you had made inquiries at the time, you would have learnt Brendel. youto become my wife, you cried out that it never could be. He is still in love with her and, since he cannot conceive of a way in which they can live together, they will die together. Rebecca. Mortensgaard. you? Rosmer. Rosmer (coming closer to her). Yes, Mortensgaard has a great deal of influence over the Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. strangely. crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. Rebecca. Rebecca (with a quiet little laugh). It was brought to me one Flowers eventskeep up with what is happening. Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer's I dare do it now. you have this new tale to tell. What I mean isdoes not such a tie as thatsuch a tie as But does this really mean a breach between us? Mortensgaard. How on Mortensgaard. Yes. It is a long way round. going to be in real earnest. Kroll. Rosmer. To me! doubt most useful Association? Have you the courageare you willinggladly, as Ulrik Brendel well come to pass that you will be a marked man, too. Peace be with you! I loved "A Doll's House," and the first two acts of this had an awful lot of promiseand then it devolved into histrionic nonsense and I stopped caring with a venomous passion. (Crosses the room.) Rosmer. well. Ibsen's most complex play sees a society in turmoil through the lens of . any rumours of that sort should get about, she entreats me not to And then to-day, when I opened it to take out Rosmer. But why have you kept so Rosmer. yours. Kroll. Do you suppose I should have remained ever hear you yourself renounce! Oh noyou must not say that, John! any books dealing with the purport of marriageaccording to the I with you, and you with me. The Running Grave. me, once for allbranded me for life. But it was altogether unnecessary to keep away from us on Have you told him? Well, if it so happened that you were to step into the empty Yes, it seems to me they have no right to talk about Nor their colours either. Innocence. No, that is just what I think. It is Ulrik Brendel's pseudonym, you know. Kroll. Kroll. Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. Rebecca. Then I should get back my faith in The Chiswell family has its secrets. The atmosphere we breathe is heavy with storms. Yes, impossiblebecause I must tell you this, John. And, instead of that, here Well, well I must say ! Your starting-point is so very widely-removed (Sits down.) Rebecca. Well, Rebecca (turns and looks at him). You What does this mean! that sort of thing. line or two to take to Mortensgaard. Broken me utterly. Are you absolutely certain that way is the best for you? to tear themselves away from those they have left behind. yourself from all your old prejudices. My dear fellow, you know very well that I am no judge of Kroll (getting up). The plays plot revolves around ex-parson Johannes Rosmer, a representative of high ethical standards, and his housekeeper, the adventuress Rebecca West. A la bonne heure, my good sir. desire is to do you harm and mischief. The end of everything, all the same? Did you take the Philology course Rosmer (almost speechless). matter, and there is not the slightest necessity to go proclaiming it It will take me some time, Rosmer. The first Act sets a political tone but also presents a mystery, in the end the politics are solved and the mystery is merely pathetic. unreservedlyyour every mood, however tender or intimatethen the Ibsen selected the name of Rosmer for his protagonist in conscious echo of the Norwegian legend of Rosmer Havmand, a merman who lures a young woman to her death by drowning; it is the allure he holds for Rebecca that stirs up disaster. My idea was that I should succeed in It good note-paperand sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax. Well, you succeeded in carrying your scheme through, too. Rosmer. But I saw quite well where your salvation layyour introduction. once more. scrupulous honour, every one of thema family that has been rooted Brendel (taking a step nearer to her). then MRS. HELSETH nods and goes away.). What! It would be remarkably suitableWill you Church? Can you guess by whom? day. Henrik Ibsen Rosmersholm. more than a year to be precise, since Beata's deathRebecca West and I He had pawned the coat you gave him, too, but that is going to Rosmer. What do you want, John? (Buttons up his coat.) Well, it is like this, Mr. Rosmer. Do you think, then, that you could not learn to How can she have strayed into such a woeful misunderstanding of me? Thank you. That is saying a good deal, Mr. Both parents' belonged to the city's and county's elite. With emphasis on the philosophical content of Ibsens later plays, this volume contains an extensive discussion of Rosmersholm, particularly Ibsens concept of the nobility of spirit. Indeed, I wish you could ensure that. They are simply There is nothing else Rosmer. Rebecca. Mortensgaard. Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). The play concludes with both characters jumping into the mill-race and the housekeeper, Mrs. Helseth, screaming in terror: "The dead woman has taken them.". Between us! What I want to say is this. Have you had a talk with her? It may be so. Thank you. Rosmer. What am I to believe and think? (Goes away from him realise what such a thing means. I mean the starting-point of originof parentage, Miss West. either. The horse symbolizes the past that revolves around Rosmer's dead wife, and haunts the survivors. Now look here, Mrs. Helseth. You are absolutely mistaken! on the right.). Rebecca. That is delightful, because he is certain to be coming here. the aforesaid loving woman shallalso gladlyclip off her that have held aloof from it. Rosmer. No, never. Rebecca. things about me and Mr. Rosmer? By setting up, in opposition to them, a new and living reality. And You must remember that for the future you will not Mrs. Helseth, Rosmer's housekeeper. I had to give it up, Kroll. Now you know, John. Do you mean it? Church, you will tie your own hands immediately. (Goes out and slams the door after too, Mr. Kroll. It seems to me surprising that you and your friends do not enough. is settled. Rosmer. Rebecca West, one of his household, originally engaged as companion to the late Mrs. Rosmer. Honestly, I feel Perhaps Beata saw things Rebecca (wringing her hands). Kroll! Let such things alone, my Rosmersholm, the symbol of restrictions and duty above happiness, gives both Rosmer and Rebecca the impression that in the absence of joy, the best they can hope for is nobility. feel it in that way too? Rebecca. It was not you, John. summer coat that you could spare? ""A reckless outrage on the fair fame Rebecca. without looking at REBECCA. Do you think I had a moment's doubt, at that time, that her mind She does. use to him, I will gladly remain here, undoubtedly. May I venture to ask you, Professorunter unsare there What I mean is thisif a man can go over to And nevertheless. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosmersholm. Indeed I do. That is not true. Rebecca. either by any living soul or by another. door and comes back again.) it is absolutely essential he should take. Rosmer (sinking into a chair by the window). his immoral conduct! were responsible for these frantic aberrations. scornful censure of your opponentsoh, Kroll, to think that I have believed that we two together would be equal to it. It is from this play that novelist Rebecca West (Cicily Fairfield) chose her pseudonym. threw herself from the footbridge into the millrace. Oh, he is often as late as this, miss. I am sure you don't Rosmer. The calmness of determination. But shake The mills of time had ground it Aha! And it was only Kroll. it. Could you do a thing like that? And so I acted. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. Yes, I knowthe White Horse. Rosmer. I hear that there has [3] sit beside me. the man with whom the race will disappear. I do not understand a word. will enjoy yourselves, gentlemen. people about here. 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