Borkman.
Would you have had the will—the strength?
Ella Rentheim.
Both the will and the strength. For then I did not know of your great, your terrible crime.
Borkman.
What crime? What are you speaking of?
Ella Rentheim.
I am speaking of that crime for which there is no forgiveness.
Borkman.
[Staring at her.] You must be out of your mind.