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 Krogstad.

What do you mean?

Mrs. Linden.

You said you were a shipwrecked man, clinging to a spar.

Krogstad.

I have good reason to say so.

Mrs. Linden.

I too am shipwrecked, and clinging to a spar. I have no one to mourn for, no one to care for.

Krogstad.

You made your own choice.

Mrs. Linden.

No choice was left me.

Krogstad.

Well, what then?

Mrs. Linden.

Nils, how if we two shipwrecked people could join hands?

Krogstad.

What!

Mrs. Linden.

Two on a raft have a better chance than if each clings to a separate spar.

Krogstad.

Christina!