[Looking her from head to foot.] Aha! so that was what the party meant?

Mrs. Wilton.

[Smiling.] Yes, Erhart and I were the whole party. And little Frida, of course.

Mrs. Borkman.

And where is she now?

Mrs. Wilton.

She is sitting in the sledge waiting for us.

Erhart.

[In painful embarrassment.] Mother, surely you can understand? I would have spared you all this—you and every one.

Mrs. Borkman.