Mrs. Borkman.

[Darkly.] No; Heaven knows you are right there.

Ella Rentheim.

You need look for no victory worth the winning this time either.

Mrs. Borkman.

Not when I am fighting to preserve a mother’s power over my son!

Ella Rentheim.

No; for it is only power over him that you want.

Mrs. Borkman.

And you?