I came to love him so dearly——

Mrs. Borkman.

More than I—his mother?

Ella Rentheim.

[Evasively.] I don’t know about that. And then, you know, Erhart was rather delicate as a child——

Mrs. Borkman.

Erhart—delicate!

Ella Rentheim.

Yes, I thought so—at that time at any rate. And you know the air of the west coast is so much milder than here.

Mrs. Borkman.