Ellida.
[Eagerly.] How did you come to know it?
The Stranger.
I was on my way home to you. I came across an old newspaper—one from these parts; and in it was the notice of your marriage.
Ellida.
[Looking straight before her.] My marriage——So it was that——
The Stranger.
It came upon me very strangely. For the linking of the rings—that was a marriage, too, Ellida.
Ellida.
[Puts her hands before her face.] Oh——!