When her husband says that no man would sacrifice his integrity for another person, Nora has to reply, Hundreds of thousands of women have--an impossible line for the character, a line in which it is not Nora speaking but Ibsen himself.
The wife told Nora to reply and she complied.
mnli hypothesis: The wife told Nora to reply and she complied. premise: When her husband says that no man would sacrifice his integrity for another person, Nora has to reply, Hundreds of thousands of women have--an impossible line for the character, a line in which it is not Nora speaking but Ibsen himself.