Rosmer.

How am I to explain Beata’s terrible accusation?

Rebecca.

[Vehemently.] Oh, don’t speak of Beata! Don’t think of Beata any more! You were just beginning to shake off the hold she has upon you, even in the grave.

Rosmer.

Since I have heard all this, she seems, in a ghastly sort of way, to be alive again.

Rebecca.

Oh no—not that, Rosmer! Not that!

Rosmer.

Yes, I tell you. We must try to get to the bottom of this. What can possibly have led her to misinterpret things so fatally?