Yes. You have left me no other.

Werle.

Is it I, then, that have crippled your mind, Gregers?

Gregers.

You have crippled my whole life. I am not thinking of all that about mother—— But it’s thanks to you that I am continually haunted and harassed by a guilty conscience.

Werle.

Indeed! It is your conscience that troubles you, is it?

Gregers.

I ought to have taken a stand against you when the trap was set for Lieutenant Ekdal. I ought to have cautioned him; for I had a misgiving as to what was in the wind.

Werle.