DR. ÖSTERMARK and CARL. Part?
AXEL. Yes, when there are no ties to bind things, they loosen of themselves. This wasn't a marriage; it was only living together, or something even worse.
DR. ÖSTERMARK. There is bad air here. Come, let's go.
AXEL. Yes, I want to get out—out of here. [They start for the door. Abel comes in.]
ABEL. What, are you leaving?
AXEL. Does that astonish you?
ABEL. Let me have a word with you.
AXEL. Go on.
ABEL. Don't you want to go in and see Bertha?
AXEL. No!