But don’t you hear, he has been run over!
Borkman.
Oh, we are all of us run over, sometime or other in life. The thing is to jump up again, and let no one see you are hurt.
Foldal.
That is a profound saying, John Gabriel. But I can easily tell you my story out here, in a few words.
Borkman.
[More mildly.] Yes, please do, Vilhelm.
Foldal.
Well, now you shall hear! Only think, when I got home this evening after I had been with you, what did I find but a letter. Can you guess who it was from?
Borkman.