[Raising her hand warningly.] Do not do it, Erhart!

Ella Rentheim.

[Warmly.] Yes, yes, do it! Oh, help him, Erhart!

Mrs. Borkman.

And you advise him to do that? You, the lonely, dying woman.

Ella Rentheim.

I don’t care about myself.

Mrs. Borkman.

No, so long as it is not I that take him from you.

Ella Rentheim.