Kroll.

No. The first time she came, it was to declare that you were on the road to perversion—that you were going to break with the faith of your fathers.

Rosmer.

[Eagerly.] What you say is impossible, Kroll! Absolutely impossible! You must be mistaken.

Kroll.

And why?

Rosmer.

Because while Beata was alive I was still wrestling with myself in doubt. And that fight I fought out alone and in utter silence, I don’t think even Rebecca——

Kroll.

Rebecca?