ERHART.
[Stammering.] Have me——? Always? What do you mean by that?
MRS. BORKMAN. I will have you, I say! There is some one who wants to take you away from me!
ERHART.
[Recoiling a step.] Ah—so you know?
MRS. BORKMAN.
Yes. Do you know it, too?
ERHART.
[Surprised, looking at her.] Do I know it? Yes, of course.
MRS. BORKMAN.
Aha, so you have planned it all out! Behind my back! Erhart!
Erhart!
ERHART.
[Quickly.] Mother, tell me what it is you know!
MRS. BORKMAN. I know everything. I know that your aunt has come here to take you from me.
ERHART.
Aunt Ella!
ELLA RENTHEIM.
Oh, listen to me a moment, Erhart!