Ellida.
Do you know at all—what has become of this man?
Lyngstrand.
Oh he’s dead, Mrs. Wangel, beyond a doubt.
Ellida.
[Hastily.] What makes you think that?
Lyngstrand.
We were shipwrecked afterwards in the Channel, you know. I got off in the long-boat with the captain and five others; but the mate went in the dingey, and with him was the American and one man besides.
Ellida.
And nothing has been heard of them since?