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Foldal.
Then I really can't understand
Borkman.
I may as well tell you, Vilhelm
Foldal.
Well?
Borkman.
There was—in fact, there was a woman in the case.
Foldal.
A woman in the case? Well but, John Gabriel
Borkman.
[Interrupting.] Well, well—let us say no more of these stupid old stories. After all, neither of us got into the Cabinet, neither he nor I.
Foldal.
But he rose high in the world.
Borkman.
And I fell into the abyss.
Foldal.
Oh, it's a terrible tragedy
Borkman.
[Nodding to him.] Almost as terrible as yours, I fancy, when I come to think of it.
