Johan: Dina!
Dina: But first of all I want to work--to make something of
myself--as you have done. I am not going to be merely a thing
that is taken.
Lona: Quite right--that is the way.
Johan: Very well; I shall wait and hope-
Lona: And win, my boy! But now you must get on board!
Johan: Yes, on board! Ah, Lona, my dear sister, just one word
with you. Look here-- (He takes her into the background and talks
hurriedly to her.)
Martha: Dina, you lucky girl, let me look at you, and kiss you
once more--for the last time.
Dina: Not for the last time; no, my darling aunt, we shall meet
again.
Martha: Never! Promise me, Dina, never to come back! (Grasps her
hands and looks at her.) Now go to your happiness, my dear child-
-across the sea. How often, in my schoolroom, I have yearned to
be over there! It must be beautiful; the skies are loftier than
here--a freer air plays about your head--
Dina: Oh, Aunt Martha, some day you will follow us.
Martha: I? Never--never. I have my little vocation here, and now
I really believe I can live to the full the life that I ought.
Dina: I cannot imagine being parted from you.
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