After all, he is your husband.
Mrs. Borkman.
Did he not say in court that it was I who began his ruin? That I spent money so recklessly?
Ella Rentheim.
[Tentatively.] But is there not some truth in that?
Mrs. Borkman.
Why, it was he himself that made me do it! He insisted on our living in such an absurdly lavish style——
Ella Rentheim.
Yes, I know. But that is just where you should have restrained him; and apparently you didn’t.
Mrs. Borkman.