Melchior.
But the children are dirty, the women are sick, the houses are full of filth, the men hate you because you don't work——
Wendla.
That's not true, Melchior. And if it were true, I'd go just the same!
Melchior.
Why just the same, Wendla?
Wendla.
I'd go just the same! It would make me all the happier to be able to help them.
Melchior.
Then you go to see the poor because it makes you happy?