Ellida.

Prepared for his returning——? Returning in such a way?

Arnholm.

Why, what in the world——! Is it that crazy sculptor’s cock-and-bull story——?

Ellida.

Ah, my dear Arnholm, he is perhaps not so crazy as you think.

Arnholm.

Can it be this nonsense about the dead man that has moved you so much? I thought it was——

Ellida.

What did you think?