Allmers.
[Looks at her in astonishment] I have not——!
Rita.
No, you have not. At first you were so utterly taken up by that book of yours—about Responsibility.
Allmers.
[Forcibly.] Yes, I was. But my very book—I sacrificed for Eyolf’s sake.
Rita.
Not out of love for him.
Allmers.
Why then, do you suppose?