Kroll. Indeed, I wish you could ensure that.
Rebecca. Come, and let us sit down, dear--all three of us. Then I
will tell you all about it.
Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). What has come over you,
Rebecca? You are so unnaturally calm--What is it?
Rebecca. The calmness of determination. (Sits down.) Please sit
down too, Mr. Kroll. (He takes a seat on the couch.)
Rosmer. Determination, you say. Determination to do what?
Rebecca. I want to give you back what you need in order to live
your life. You shall have your happy innocence back, dear friend.
Rosmer. But what do you mean?
Rebecca. I will just tell you what happened. That is all that is
necessary.
Rosmer. Well?
Rebecca. When I came down here from Finmark with Dr. West, it
seemed to me that a new, great, wide world was opened to me. Dr.
West had given me an erratic sort of education--had taught me all
the odds and ends that I knew about life then. (Has an evident
struggle with herself, and speaks in barely audible tones.) And
then--
Kroll. And then?
Rosmer. But, Rebecca--I know all this.
Rebecca (collecting herself). Yes--that is true enough. You know
it only too well.
Kroll (looking fixedly at her). Perhaps it would be better if I
left you.
Rebecca. No, stay where you are, dear Mr. Kroll. (To ROSMER.)
Well, this was how it was. I wanted to play my part in the new
day that was dawning--to have a share in all the new ideas.
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