Mrs. Alving.
There you see the power of an evil conscience.
Manders.
Evil——? What do you mean?
Mrs. Alving.
It always seemed to me impossible but that the truth must come out and be believed. So the Orphanage was to deaden all rumours and set every doubt at rest.
Manders.
In that you have certainly not missed your aim, Mrs. Alving.
Mrs. Alving.
And besides, I had one other reason. I was determined that Oswald, my own boy, should inherit nothing whatever from his father.