Helmer.  But I will believe in it.  Tell me?  So changed that—?

Nora.  That our life together would be a real wedlock.  Good-bye. (She goes out through the hall.)

Helmer (sinks down on a chair at the door and buries his face in his hands).  Nora!  Nora! (Looks round, and rises.) Empty.  She is gone. (A hope flashes across his mind.) The most wonderful thing of all—?

(The sound of a door shutting is heard from below.)