Manders.
Then it is Alving’s fortune that——?
Mrs. Alving.
Yes. The sums I have spent upon the Orphanage, year by year, make up the amount—I have reckoned it up precisely—the amount which made Lieutenant Alving “a good match” in his day.
Manders.
I don’t understand——
Mrs. Alving.
It was my purchase-money. I do not choose that that money should pass into Oswald’s hands. My son shall have everything from me—everything.
Oswald Alving enters through the second door to the right; he has taken off his hat and overcoat in the hall.
Mrs. Alving.