[Bitterly.] There you are right. The life we now lead is no marriage at all.
Ellida.
Nor the life we led before; never; not from the outset. [Looks straight before her.] The first—that might have been a real and true marriage.
Wangel.
The first? What “first” do you mean?
Ellida.
Mine,—with him.
Wangel.
[Looks at her in astonishment.] I cannot understand you at all!
Ellida.