And you went?
Ellida.
Yes. I could not help it. Well—he told me that he had stabbed the captain in the night.
Wangel.
He told you himself! Said it straight out!
Ellida.
Yes. But he had only done what was right and just, he said.
Wangel.
Right and just? What reason did he give, then, for stabbing him?
Ellida.