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Rita.
I suppose I must try if I cannot lighten and—and ennoble their lot in life.
Allmers.
If you can do that—then Eyolf was not born in vain.
Rita.
Nor taken from us in vain, either.
Allmers.
[Looking steadfastly at her.] Be quite clear about one thing, Rita—it is not love that is driving you to this.
Rita.
No, it is not—at any rate, not yet.
Allmers.
Well, then what is it?
Rita.
[Half-evasively.] You have so often talked to Asta of human responsibility
Allmers.
Of the book that you hated.
Rita.
I hate that book still. But I used to sit and listen to what you told her. And now I will try to continue it—in my own way.
