of such a marriage! Simply for the sake of the money--! What sum
was it that the girl had?

Mrs. Alving. It was seventy pounds.

Manders. Just think of it--for a paltry seventy pounds to let
yourself be bound in marriage to a fallen woman!

Mrs. Alving. What about myself, then?--I let myself be bound in
marriage to a fallen man.

Manders. Heaven forgive you! What are you saying? A fallen man?

Mrs. Alving. Do you suppose my husband was any purer, when I went
with him to the altar, than Joanna was when Engstrand agreed to
marry her?

Manders. The two cases are as different as day from night.

Mrs. Alving. Not so very different, after all. It is true there
was a great difference in the price paid, between a paltry
seventy pounds and a whole fortune.

Manders. How can you compare such totally different things! I
presume you consulted your own heart--and your relations.

Mrs. Alving (looking away from him). I thought you understood
where what you call my heart had strayed to at that time.

Manders (in a constrained voice). If I had understood anything of