Rosmer.

[With a faint smile.] Is it not strange, Rebecca? Some such idea has crossed my mind now and then.

Rebecca.

It has? And yet——? Even so——?

Rosmer.

I never believed it. I only played with it—in my thoughts, you understand.

Rebecca.

If you wish it, I will tell you all, at once.

Rosmer.

[Turning it off.] No, no! I will not hear a word. Whatever it may be—I can forget it.