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Manders.
When you went astray, and came to me crying, "Here I am; take me!" I commanded you, saying, "Woman, go home to your lawful husband." Was that a crime?
Mrs. Alving.
Yes, I think so.
Manders.
We two do not understand each other.
Mrs. Alving.
Not now, at any rate.
Manders.
Never—never in my most secret thoughts have I regarded you otherwise than as another's wife.
Mrs. Alving.
Oh—indeed?
Manders.
Helen!
Mrs. Alving.
People so easily forget their past selves.
Manders.
I do not. I am what I always was.
Mrs. Alving.
[Changing the subject.] Well well well; don't let us talk of old times any longer. You are now over head and ears in Boards and Committees, and I am fighting my battle with ghosts, both within me and without.
