Rosmer. Where your children stand.
Kroll. You? you? Impossible! Where do you say you stand?
Rosmer. On the same side as Laurits and Hilda.
Kroll (bows his head). An apostate! Johannes Rosmer an apostate!... Is this becoming language for a priest?
Rosmer. I am no longer a priest.
Kroll. Well, but—the faith of your childhood——?
Rosmer. Is mine no longer.... I have given it up. I had to give it up.... Peace, and joy, and mutual forbearance must once more enter our souls. That is why I am stepping forward and openly avowing myself for what I am....
Rebecca. There now; he’s on his way to his great sacrifice.
(We may here note the purely theological designation given to Rosmer’s act.)
Rosmer. I feel so relieved now it is over. You see, I am quite calm Rebecca....