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 Arnholm.

[Rises and goes up to Ellida.] I can see that this has pained you deeply, my dear Mrs. Wangel.

Ellida.

Oh yes, I suppose you may put it so, although

Arnholm.

But after all, it is only what you must have been prepared for.

Ellida.

[Looks at him in surprise.] Prepared for?

Arnholm.

Yes, so I should think.

Ellida.

Prepared for his returning? Returning in such a way?

Arnholm.

Why, what in the world! Is it that crazy sculptor's cock-and-bull story?

Ellida.

Ah, my dear Arnholm, he is perhaps not so crazy as you think.

Arnholm.

Can it be this nonsense about the dead man that has moved you so much? I thought it was

Ellida.

What did you think?

Arnholm.

Of course, I thought that was only a blind on