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Helmer.
And I'm on tenterhooks to see what surprise you have in store for me.
Nora.
Oh, it's too tiresome!
Helmer.
What is?
Nora.
I can't think of anything good. Everything seems so foolish and meaningless.
Helmer.
Has little Nora made that discovery?
Nora.
[Behind his chair, with her arms on the back] Are you very busy, Torvald?
Helmer.
Well
Nora.
What papers are those?
Helmer.
Bank business.
Nora.
Already!
Helmer.
I have got the retiring manager to let me make some necessary changes in the staff and the organization. I can do this during Christmas week. I want to have everything straight by the New Year.
