cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

ELISABETH.
You insult me.
FLEMMING.
I would not do that for all the world.
Forgive me! You are good, you love me,
I know that. Oh! If I did not know it,
It would be all over for me! But you are impetuous,
Heedless, unpredictable, you would rather tease
The poor bird which you hold by the wing;
You know it is stuck fast, and cannot fly.
ELISABETH.
By heaven! I do not believe it, did you come here
Only to speak discourteously to me?
If I have as many faults as you say,
Why do you want to court my hand?
FLEMMING.
Forgive me! I have no control over myself!
Do not put any weight on what an impetuous lover
Says in his despair! Let us
Not waste time with useless complaining,
But come to some resolution!
ELISABETH.
I have come to mine:
I shall not hear anything more from your mouth.
FLEMMING.
Are you giving me a refusal?
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