Mrs. Borkman.
I am always cold.
Ella Rentheim.
[Stands looking at her for a time with her arms resting on the back of the armchair.] Well, Gunhild, it is nearly eight years now since we saw each other last.
Mrs. Borkman.
[Coldly.] Since last we spoke to each other at any rate.
Ella Rentheim.
True, since we spoke to each other. I daresay you have seen me now and again—when I came on my yearly visit to the bailiff.
Mrs. Borkman.
Once or twice, I have.
Ella Rentheim.
I have caught one or two glimpses of you, too—there, at the window.
Mrs. Borkman.
You must have seen me through the curtains then. You have good eyes. [Harshly and cuttingly.] But the last time we spoke to each other—it was here in this room
Ella Rentheim.
[Trying to stop her.] Yes, yes; I know, Gunhild!
