Are we doing so? Lying do you say?
Ellida.
Yes, lying. Or at any rate—concealing the truth. The truth—the sheer unvarnished truth is this: you came out there and—bought me.
Wangel.
Bought——Did you say—bought?
Ellida.
Oh, I was not a bit better than you. I joined in the bargain. I went and sold myself to you.
Wangel.
[Looks at her, deeply pained.] Ellida,—have you the heart to say so?
Ellida.