No; it was not of my own free will that I cast in my lot with yours.

Wangel.

[Softly.] Ah, I remember—the phrase he used yesterday.

Ellida.

The whole secret lies in that phrase. It has thrown a new light on things for me; so that I see it all now.

Wangel.

What do you see?

Ellida.

I see that the life we two lead with each other—is really no marriage at all.

Wangel.