Wangel.
You can see for yourself that she is not.
The Stranger.
I was not thinking of travelling-clothes and trunks and that sort of thing. I have on board with me everything she requires for the voyage; and I have taken a cabin for her. [To Ellida.] I ask you, then, if you are ready to come with me—to come with me of your own free will?
Ellida.
[Imploringly.] Oh, do not ask me! Do not tempt me so!
[A steamer-bell is heard in the distance.
The Stranger.
There goes the warning bell. Now you must say yes or no.
Ellida.
[Wrings her hands.] To have to decide! To decide for all time! To do what can never be undone!
The Stranger.
Never. In half an hour it will be too late.
Ellida.
[Looks timidly and intently at him.] What makes you hold to me so persistently?
The Stranger.
Do you not feel, as I do, that we two belong to each other?
Ellida.
Do you mean because of that promise?
