I am always cold.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
[Stands looking at her for a time with her arms resting on the
back of the armchair.] Well, Gunhild, it is nearly eight years
now since we saw each other last.

MRS. BORKMAN.
[Coldly.] Since last we spoke to each other at any rate.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
True, since we spoke to each other. I daresay you have seen
me now and again--when I came on my yearly visit to the bailiff.

MRS. BORKMAN.
Once or twice, I have.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
I have caught one or two glimpses of you, too--there, at the
window.

MRS. BORKMAN.
You must have seen me through the curtains then. You have good
eyes. [Harshly and cuttingly.] But the last time we spoke to each
other--it was here in this room----

ELLA RENTHEIM.
[Trying to stop her.] Yes, yes; I know, Gunhild!

MRS. BORKMAN.