Protect? What is there to protect me against? It is not any outward force or violence that threatens me. The terrible thing lies deeper, Wangel! The terrible thing is—the fascination I feel in my own mind; and what can you do against that?
Wangel.
I can strengthen and support you in resisting it.
Ellida.
Yes—if I had the will to resist it.
Wangel.
Have you not the will?
Ellida.
Oh, that is just what I don’t know!
Wangel.