Mrs. Linden.
You said you were a shipwrecked man, clinging to a spar.
Krogstad.
I have good reason to say so.
Mrs. Linden.
I too am shipwrecked, and clinging to a spar. I have no one to mourn for, no one to care for.
Krogstad.
You made your own choice.
Mrs. Linden.
No choice was left me.