me any more, nor hear from me either. I shall be as though dead and gone from you, for evermore.
Ellida.
[Breathes uneasily.] Oh!
The Stranger.
So think carefully what you do. Good-bye. [He climbs over the fence, stops, and says:] Well, Ellida,—be ready to start to-morrow night; for then I will come and take you away.
[He goes slowly and calmly along the foot-*path and out to the right.
Ellida.
[Looks after him a while.] Of my own free will, he said! Think of that—he said that I should go with him of my own free will.
Wangel.
Be calm, be calm. He is gone now, and you shall never see him again.
Ellida.
Oh, how can you say that? He is coming again to-morrow night.
Wangel.
Let him come; I will see that he does not meet you.
Ellida.
[Shakes her head.] Oh Wangel, do not think that you can prevent him.
Wangel.
Yes I can, dearest—rely upon me.
