Ellida.
[Softly and tremblingly.] And I have come to be so near—so dear to you!
Wangel.
The years of our marriage have made you so.
Ellida.
[Clasps her hands together.] And I,—I have been blind to it!
Wangel.
Your thoughts went in other directions. But now,—now you are set wholly free from me and mine. Now your own true life can return to its—its right grove again. For now you can choose in freedom; and on your own responsibility, Ellida.
Ellida.
[Clasps her head with her hands and gazes fixedly towards Wangel.] In freedom—and on my own responsibility? Responsibility! This—this transforms everything.