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46 Strindberg
feels that the child would be poisoned in such an
atmosphere :
The Captain. This house is full of women who all
want to have their say about my child. My mother-in-
law wants to make a Spiritualist of her. Laura wants
her to be an artist; the governess wants her to be a
Methodist, old Margret a Baptist, and the servant-girls
want her to join the Salvation Army! It won t do to
try to make a soul in patches like that. I, who have the
chief right to try to form her character, am constantly
opposed in my efforts. And that s why I have decided
to send her away from home.
But it is not only because the Captain does not
believe in
"
making a soul in patches," that he
wants to rescue the child from the hot-house en
vironment, nor because he plans to make her an
image of himself. It is rather because he wants
her to grow up with a healthy outlook on life.
The Captain. I don t want to be a procurer for my
daughter and educate her exclusively for matrimony, for
then if she were left unmarried she might have bitter
days. On the other hand, I don t want to influence her
toward a career that requires a long course of training
which would be entirely thrown away if she should
marry. I want her to be a teacher. If she remains un
married she will be able to support herself, and at any
rate she wouldn t be any worse off than the poor school
masters who have to share their salaries with a family.
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