Ellida.
[Shrinks behind Wangel.] Oh——! He will never set me free!
Wangel.
To you! You say she belongs to you!
The Stranger.
Has she told you about the two rings? My ring and Ellida’s?
Wangel.
Yes, certainly. But what then? She broke it off again afterwards. You received her letters; so you know it perfectly well.
The Stranger.
Ellida and I were fully agreed that the linking of the rings was to be in every way as valid and binding as a marriage.