ELEONORA. No, we must keep it. Children are so forgetful.
LINDKVIST. How well you know children, little one![He goes out.]
ELEONORA. We are going to the country, Benjamin. Within two months! Oh, if the time would only pass quickly. [She takes calendar and tears the pages off one by one.] April, May, June, and the sun is shining on them all. Now you must thank God, who helped us to the country.
BENJAMIN [Bashfully]. Can't I say my thanks in silence?
ELEONORA. Yes, you can say it in silence, for now the clouds are gone, and it can be heard up there.
[Christine has entered from L. and stopped. Elis and Mrs. Heyst from R. Christine and Elis start to meet each other with loving smiles. Before they meet—]