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!
