Rita.
[With cold self-control.] Eyolf would never let me take him really and truly to my heart.
Allmers.
Because you did not want to.
Rita.
Oh yes, I did. I did want to. But some one stood in the way—even from the first.
Allmers.
[Turning right round.] Do you mean that I stood in the way?
Rita.
Oh, no—not at first.