It is he.

Ella Rentheim.

[Softly, with suppressed pain.] Borkman? John Gabriel Borkman?

Mrs. Borkman.

He walks up and down like that—backwards and forwards—from morning to night—day out and day in.

Ella Rentheim.

I have heard something of this——

Mrs. Borkman.

I daresay. People find plenty to say about us, no doubt.

Ella Rentheim.