Ella Rentheim.
[Lightly.] Oh, his mission!
Mrs. Borkman.
[Indignantly.] How dare you say that so scornfully?
Ella Rentheim.
Do you think a young man of Erhart’s age, full of health and spirits—-do you think he is going to sacrifice himself for—for such a thing as a "mission"?
Mrs. Borkman.
[Firmly and emphatically.] Erhart will! I know he will.
Ella Rentheim.
[Shaking her head.] You neither know it nor believe it, Gunhild.