[No answer; another knock.
Borkman.
[Without moving.] Who is it? Come in!
[Ella Rentheim, with a lighted candle in her hand, appears in the doorway. She wears her black dress, as before, with her cloak thrown loosely round her shoulders.
Borkman.
[Staring at her.] Who are you? What do you want with me?
Ella Rentheim.
[Closes the door and advances.] It is I, Borkman.
[She puts down the candle on the piano and remains standing beside it.
Borkman.