Is that Miss Foldal with you too?
Mrs. Wilton.
Yes, we have left her in the hall.
Erhart.
[Addressing some one through the open door.] You can go right upstairs, Frida.
[Pause. Ella Rentheim observes Erhart. He seems embarrassed and a little impatient; his face has assumed a nervous and colder expression.
[The Maid brings the lighted lamp into the garden-room, goes out again and closes the door behind her.
Mrs. Borkman.
[With forced politeness.] Well, Mrs. Wilton, if you will give us the pleasure of your company this evening, won’t you——
Mrs. Wilton.