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 in me. You have never believed that I was man enough to carry the cause through to victory.

Rebecca.

I believed that we two together could do it.

Rosmer.

That is not true. You thought that you yourself could do something great in life; and that you could use me to further your ends. I was to be a serviceable instrument to you—that is what you thought.

Rebecca.

Listen to me, Rosmer

Rosmer.

[Seats himself listlessly on the sofa.] Oh, what is the use? I see through it all now—I have been like a glove in your hands.

Rebecca.

Listen, Rosmer. Hear what I have to say. It will be for the last time. [Sits in a chair close to the sofa.] I intended to write you all about it—when I was back in the North. But I daresay it is best that you should hear it at once.

Rosmer.

Have you more confessions to make?

Rebecca.

The greatest of all is to come.

Rosmer.

The greatest?