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(RUTH in GUSTAV VIGELAND's studio. She is modelling for the sculpture,"Surprised." GUSTAV VIGELAND is standing looking at her.)

VIGELAND: I ATE A LOT OF SNAILS IN PARIS. HAVE YOU EVER TASTED SNAILS, MY DEAR MISS MAIER?

RUTH:

(laughs:) NO, MR. VIGELAND, I´VE NEVER TRIED IT. BUT I KNOW THAT I´D LOVE TO TRY.

VIGELAND:

AU GRATIN WITH GARLIC, IT IS OH SO WONDERFUL. A SENSUAL GOURMET EXPERIENCE. MY BEAUTIFUL MODEL IN PARIS, WHO BETRAYED ME, SHE LOVED TO MUNCH SOME SNAILS WHILE SHE WAS POSING FOR ME WITHOUT CLOTHES. BUT DO YOU, DEAR MISS MAIER, KNOW WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO: TO POSE WITHOUT CLOTHES? IT DOESN´T BOTHER YOU?

RUTH:

OH, I´M SURE IT CANNOT BE SO ALARMING.

(To the audience:)

GUSTAV VIGELAND! I LOVE HIS WORKS; "Mother and Child", "Man with a woman on his lap," the Camilla Collett monument, the statue of Wergeland...

But I don´t have the impression that he is a wise man.

(Looks back at him.)