[Plaintively.] Oh, I cannot bear the thought that he is gone from us.
Allmers.
[Coldly and bitterly.] You could very well do without him while he was with us. Half the day would often pass without your setting eyes on him.
Rita.
Yes, for I knew that I could see him whenever I wanted to.
Allmers.
Yes, that is how we have gone and squandered the short time we had with Little Eyolf.
Rita.
[Listening, in dread.] Do you hear, Alfred! Now it is ringing again!
Allmers.