ELLA RENTHEIM.
Yes, but they were divorced. He got a divorce.

MRS. BORKMAN.
He deserted her, that is what he did. I am sure the fault
wasn't hers.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
Do you know her at all intimately, Gunhild?

MRS. BORKMAN.
Oh yes, pretty well. She lives close by here; and she looks in
every now and then.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
And do you like her?

MRS. BORKMAN.
She is unusually intelligent; remarkably clear in her judgments.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
In her judgments of people, do you mean?

MRS. BORKMAN.
Yes, principally of people. She has made quite a study of
Erhart; looked deep into his character--into his soul. And
the result is she idolises him, as she could not help doing.

ELLA RENTHEIM.
[With a touch of finesse.] Then perhaps she knows Erhart still