Rosmer.
Accusation? Was that an accusation?
Kroll.
Perhaps you did not notice the way she worded it. She had to go, she said—why?
Rosmer.
In order that I might marry Rebecca——
Kroll.
These were not precisely her words. Beata used a different expression. She said: “I have not long to live; for Johannes must marry Rebecca at once.”
Rosmer.
[Looks at him for a moment; then rises.] Now I understand you, Kroll.