Christine Linde, a widow, is a friend of Nora who needs a job. Nora promises to ask Torvald to give Christine a position at the bank where Torvald is a manager. Nora confides to Christine that she once secretly borrowed money to save Torvald's life when he was very ill, but she has not told him in order to protect his pride. She then took secret jobs copying papers by hand, which she carried out secretly in her room, and learned to take pride in her ability to earn money "as if she were a man." However, she has continued to play the part of the frivolous, scatter-brained child-wife for the benefit of her husband.