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 The Stranger.

I promised I would come again, as soon as I could

Ellida.

Go! Go away again! Never—never come here any more! I wrote to you that everything must be at end between us! Everything! You know I did!

The Stranger.

[Unmoved, without answering.] I wanted to come to you sooner, but I could not. At last I saw my way; and here I am, Ellida.

Ellida.

What do you want with me? What are you thinking of? What have you come here for?

The Stranger.

You know quite well that I have come to take you away.

Ellida.

[Shrinking back in terror.] To take me away! Is that what you intend?

The Stranger.

Yes, of course.

Ellida.

But surely you know that I am married!

The Stranger.

Yes, I know it.

Ellida.

And yet! In spite of that, you have come to—to—take me away!