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.