No, no, no! You have come under some strange power. You are not in your mother’s power any longer; nor in your—your foster-mother’s either.

Erhart.

[With laboured defiance.] I am in my own power, mother! And working my own will!

Borkman.

[Advancing towards Erhart.] Then perhaps my hour has come at last.

Erhart.

[Distantly and with measured politeness.] How so? How do you mean, sir?

Mrs. Borkman.

[Scornfully.] Yes, you may well ask that.

Borkman.