Aagot. No—it only indirectly referred to you. He said he had never wanted so much to get to know any one, as he wanted to get to know you, because seeing much of me had made him discover you—that was the very expression he used! And it was an extraordinary chance that—
Leonarda. Stop! I can't bear to think of it!—To think it should be the very man whom we—we—
Aagot. Hated so!—yes, isn't it extraordinary?
Leonarda. The very first time you have been away from me!
Aagot. Yes!
Leonarda. And you come back in a halo of reconciliation and affection for him!
Aagot. But who is responsible for that, I should like to know! And you talk about your life here having made you clumsy and ugly—you, who can manufacture a goddess of victory like me!
Leonarda. No, I don't complain when I see you and hear you—when I have you with me! That is worth paying a price for. It was selfish of me to think for a moment that the price was too high. You are in the springtime of your life—while I—
Aagot. You? What is wrong with your life?
Leonarda. I am beginning to think my life is over.