Mrs. Alving.
[Slowly and with self-control.] You have now spoken out, Pastor Manders; and to-morrow you are to speak publicly in memory of my husband. I shall not speak to-morrow. But now I will speak frankly to you, as you have spoken to me.
Manders.
To be sure; you will plead excuses for your conduct——
Mrs. Alving.
No. I will only tell you a story.
Manders.
Well——?
Mrs. Alving.
All that you have just said about my husband and me, and our life after you had brought me back to the path of duty—as you called it—about all that you know nothing from personal observation. From that moment you, who had been our intimate friend, never set foot in our house again.