Aunt Ella!
Ella Rentheim.
Oh, listen to me a moment, Erhart!
Mrs. Borkman.
[Continuing.] She wants me to give you up to her. She wants to stand in your mother’s place to you, Erhart! She wants you to be her son, and not mine, from this time forward. She wants you to inherit everything from her; to renounce your own name and take hers instead!
Erhart.
Aunt Ella, is this true?
Ella Rentheim.
Yes, it is true.
Erhart.