Why, Gunhild, surely he must have come. I can hear his footsteps overhead.

Mrs. Borkman.

[With a rapid upward glance.] Up in the long gallery?

Ella Rentheim.

Yes. I have heard him walking up and down there ever since I came.

Mrs. Borkman.

[Looking away from her.] That is not Erhart, Ella.

Ella Rentheim.

[Surprised.] Not Erhart? [Divining.] Who is it then?

Mrs. Borkman.