You are right there.
Relling.
Yes. Yours is a complicated case. First of all there is that plaguy integrity-fever; and then—what’s worse—you are always in a delirium of hero-worship; you must always have something to adore, outside yourself.
Gregers.
Yes, I must certainly seek it outside myself.
Relling.
But you make such shocking mistakes about every new phœnix you think you have discovered. Here again you have come to a cotter’s cabin with your claim of the ideal; and the people of the house are insolvent.
Gregers.
If you don’t think better than that of Hialmar Ekdal, what pleasure can you find in being everlastingly with him?
Relling.