Kroll.
What do you mean by that? You say it so strangely.
Rebecca.
Oh, well—please let us drop the subject. Ah,—there he comes.
Kroll. Already! Then I will go.
Rebecca.
[Goes towards him.] No—please stay. There is something I want you to hear.
Kroll.
Not now. I don't feel as if I could bear to see him.
Rebecca.
I beg you to stay. Do! If not, you will regret it by-and-by. It is the last time I shall ask you for anything.
Kroll.
[Looks at her in surprise and puts down his hat.] Very well, Miss West—so be it, then.
A short silence. Then Johannes Rosmer enters from the hall.
Rosmer.
[Sees the Rector, and stops in the doorway.] What!—Are you here?
Rebecca.
He did not wish to meet you, dear.[1]
Kroll. [Involuntarily.] "Dear!"
1 In the original, Rebecca here addresses Rosmer as "du" for the first time in Kroll's presence.
