Mrs. Alving.
[Shrieks.] Oswald!
Oswald.
[Springs up and paces the room.] And now you have taken Regina from me. If I could only have had her! She would have come to the rescue, I know.
Mrs. Alving.
[Goes to him.] What do you mean by that, my darling boy? Is there any help in the world that I would not give you?
Oswald.
When I got over my attack in Paris, the doctor told me that when it comes again—and it will come—there will be no more hope.
Mrs. Alving.
He was heartless enough to——