ERHART.
Don't you see how lovely she is!

MRS. BORKMAN. [Wringing her hands.] And I have to bear this load of shame as well!

BORKMAN. [At the back, harshly and cuttingly.] Ho—you are used to bearing things of that sort, Gunhild!

ELLA RENTHEIM.
[Imploringly.] Borkman!

ERHART.
[Similarly.] Father!

MRS. BORKMAN.
Day after day I shall have to see my own son linked to a—a——

ERHART. [Interrupting her harshly.] You shall see nothing of the kind, mother! You may make your mind easy on that point. I shall not remain here.

MRS. WILTON.
[Quickly and with decision.] We are going away, Mrs. Borkman.

MRS. BORKMAN.
[Turning pale.] Are you going away, too? Together, no doubt?

MRS. WILTON. [Nodding.] Yes, I am going abroad, to the south. I am taking a young girl with me. And Erhart is going along with us.