Foldal.

[Soothingly.] Well, well, well, I suppose they have.

Borkman.

[Indignantly.] Oh these women! They wreck and ruin life for us! Play the devil with our whole destiny—our triumphal progress.

Foldal.

Not all of them!

Borkman.

Indeed? Can you tell me of a single one that is good for anything?

Foldal.

No, that is the trouble. The few that I know are good for nothing.