Precisely so, Gunhild.

Borkman.

Will you, Erhart?

Erhart.

[Wrung with pain.] Father, I cannot now. It is utterly impossible!

Borkman.

What do you want to do then?

Erhart.

[With a sudden glow.] I am young! I want to live, for once in a way, as well as other people! I want to live my own life!

Ella Rentheim.