Ellida.
[Imploringly.] Oh, do not ask me! Do not tempt me so!
[A steamer-bell is heard in the distance.
The Stranger.
There goes the warning bell. Now you must say yes or no.
Ellida.
[Wrings her hands.] To have to decide! To decide for all time! To do what can never be undone!
The Stranger.
Never. In half an hour it will be too late.
Ellida.