Rosmer. But does this really mean a breach between us?
Kroll. Between us! It is a breach with all those who have
hitherto stood shoulder to shoulder with you. And now you must
take the consequences.
(REBECCA comes in from the room on the right and opens the door
wide.)
Rebecca. Well, that is done! We have started him off on the road
to his great sacrifice, and now we can go in to supper. Will you
come in, Mr. Kroll?
Kroll (taking his hat). Good-night, Miss West. This is no longer
any place for me.
Rebecca (excitedly). What do you mean? (Shuts the door and comes
nearer to the two men.) Have you told him--?
Rosmer. He knows now.
Kroll. We shall not let you slip out of our hands, Rosmer. We
shall compel you to come back to us again.
Rosmer. I shall never find myself there any more.
Kroll. We shall see. You are not the man to endure standing
alone.
Rosmer. I am not so entirely alone, even now. There are two of us
to bear the solitude together here.
Kroll. Ah! (A suspicion appears to cross his mind.) That too!
Beata's words!
Rosmer. Beata's?
Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). No, no--that was
odious of me. Forgive me.
Rosmer. What? What do you mean?
Kroll. Think no more about it. I am ashamed of it. Forgive me--and
good-bye. (Goes out by the door to the hall.)
Rosmer (following him). Kroll! We cannot end everything between
us like this.
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