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Borkman.
Yes, absolutely sure. [Changing his tone.] And so you have been in bad health, Ella?
Ella Rentheim.
Yes, I have. And this autumn I grew so much worse that I had to come to town and take better medical advice.
Borkman.
And you have seen the doctors already?
Ella Rentheim.
Yes, this morning.
Borkman.
And what did they say to you?
Ella Rentheim.
They gave me full assurance of what I had long suspected.
Borkman.
Well?
Ella Rentheim.
[Calmly and quietly.] My illness will never be cured, Borkman.
Borkman.
Oh, you must not believe that, Ella.
Ella Rentheim.
It is a disease that there is no help or cure for. The doctors can do nothing with it. They
