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Ella Rentheim.
[With interest.] Mrs. Wilton?
Mrs. Borkman.
A very rich woman. You don't know her.
Ella Rentheim.
I have heard her name. Mrs. Fanny Wilton, is it not?
Mrs. Borkman.
Yes, quite right.
Ella Rentheim.
Erhart has mentioned her several times. Does she live out here now?
Mrs. Borkman.
Yes, she has taken a villa here; she moved out from town some time ago.
Ella Rentheim.
[With a slight hesitation.] They say she is divorced from her husband.
Mrs. Borkman.
Her husband has been dead for several years.
Ella Rentheim.
Yes, but they were divorced. He got a divorce.
Mrs. Borkman.
He deserted her, that is what he did. I am sure the fault wasn't hers.
