Then I should think in reality you must be happy after all; in spite of all the rest.

Mrs. Borkman.

So I am—so far as that goes. But then, every moment, all the rest comes rushing in upon me like a storm.

Ella Rentheim.

[With a change of tone.] Tell me—you may as well tell me at once—for that is really what I have come for——

Mrs. Borkman.

What?

Ella Rentheim.

Something I felt I must talk to you about.—Tell me—Erhart does not live out here with with—you others?

Mrs. Borkman.