Wangel.
How dare you——?
The Stranger.
Had you forgotten it?
Ellida.
[Cries out, as though she felt his look.] Do not stand looking at me like that!
Wangel.
[Confronting him.] Be so good as to address yourself to me, and not to her. Briefly now—since you understand the situation—what can you have to do here? Why do you come here and seek out my wife?
The Stranger.
I had promised Ellida that I would come to her as soon as I could.