Wangel.
You yourself willed it so.
Ellida.
No, I did not. I had no will one way or the other. I have merely let everything remain as I found it the day I came. It is you—and no one else—who have willed it so.
Wangel.
I meant to do what was best for you.
Ellida.
Oh yes, Wangel, I know that so well! But now all this must be paid for; it will have its revenge. There is nothing here now that has any binding power over me—nothing to support—nothing to help me. There is no counter-fascination for me in what should have been the dearest treasure of our common life.
Wangel.
I see that well enough, Ellida; and so from to-morrow you shall have your freedom again. Hereafter you shall live your own life.