Ella Rentheim.

[With a slight hesitation.] They say she is divorced from her husband.

Mrs. Borkman.

Her husband has been dead for several years.

Ella Rentheim.

Yes, but they were divorced. He got a divorce.

Mrs. Borkman.

He deserted her, that is what he did. I am sure the fault wasn’t hers.

Ella Rentheim.

Do you know her at all intimately, Gunhild?