Mrs. Alving.
People so easily forget their past selves.
Manders.
I do not. I am what I always was.
Mrs. Alving.
[Changing the subject.] Well well well; don’t let us talk of old times any longer. You are now over head and ears in Boards and Committees, and I am fighting my battle with ghosts, both within me and without.
Manders.
Those without I shall help you to lay. After all the terrible things I have heard from you today, I cannot in conscience permit an unprotected girl to remain in your house.
Mrs. Alving.
Don’t you think the best plan would be to get her provided for?—I mean, by a good marriage.