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 Oswald.

Who should do it if not you?

Mrs. Alving.

I! your mother!

Oswald.

For that very reason.

Mrs. Alving.

I, who gave you life!

Oswald.

I never asked you for life. And what sort of a life have you given me? I will not have it! You shall take it back again!

Mrs. Alving.

Help! Help! [She runs out into the hall.

Oswald.

[Going after her.] Do not leave me! Where are you going?

Mrs. Alving.

[In the hall.] To fetch the doctor, Oswald! Let me pass!

Oswald.

[Also outside.] You shall not go out. And no one shall come in. [The locking of a door is heard.

Mrs. Alving.

[Comes in again.] Oswald! Oswald—my child!

Oswald.

[Follows her.] Have you a mother's heart for me