[With a sigh.] Oh no, we have to put up with the dry land.
Arnholm.
Well, at any rate, that is our natural element.
Ellida.
No, I don’t think so at all.
Arnholm.
Not dry land?
Ellida.
No, I don’t believe it. I believe that if men had only accustomed themselves from the first to live their life on the sea—or even in the sea—we should by this time have been far more perfect than we are;—both better and happier.
Arnholm.