Kroll. I wanted to make one more effort to stop you, and win you back.
Rosmer (pointing to the newspaper). After that?
Kroll. I did not write it.
Rosmer. Did you take any steps to prevent its appearing?
Kroll. That would have been acting unjustifiably towards the cause I serve. And, besides that, I had no power to prevent it.
Rebecca (tears the newspaper into pieces, which she crumples up and throws into the back of the stove). There! Now it is out of sight; let it be out of mind too. Because there will be no more of that sort of thing, John.
Kroll. Indeed, I wish you could ensure that.
Rebecca. Come, and let us sit down, dear—all three of us. Then I will tell you all about it.
Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). What has come over you, Rebecca? You are so unnaturally calm—What is it?
Rebecca. The calmness of determination. (Sits down.) Please sit down too, Mr. Kroll. (He takes a seat on the couch.)