[Cautiously.] Tell me, Gunhild, how does he bear it?
Mrs. Borkman.
Erhart, do you mean?
Ella Rentheim.
No—he himself. How does he bear it?
Mrs. Borkman.
[Scornfully.] Do you think I ever ask about that?
Ella Rentheim.
Ask? Surely you do not require to ask——
Mrs. Borkman.