Foldal.

Yes, I am, of course. But she, poor thing, she doesn’t know any better, you see. Well, good-bye! It’s a good thing I have the tramway so handy. Good-bye, good-bye, John Gabriel. Good-bye, Madam.

[He bows and limps laboriously out by the way he came.

Borkman.

[Stands silent for a moment, gazing before him.] Good-bye, Vilhelm! It is not the first time in your life that you’ve been run over, old friend.

Ella Rentheim.

[Looking at him with suppressed anxiety.] You are so pale, John, so very pale.

Borkman.

That is the effect of the prison air up yonder.

Ella Rentheim.