Rhoda.

And who is to blame that that great dream is over?

Michaelis.

No one is to blame. It has happened so.

Rhoda.

Doesn't it seem strange that the love of a woman entering into your heart should take away such a dream as that?

Michaelis.

I do not question. It is so.

Rhoda.

But if your love had fallen, by some sad chance, upon a woman who was not worthy of love?