Yes, I say wasted--for both of us. BORKMAN. [In a cold business tone.] I cannot regard my life as wasted yet. ELLA RENTHEIM. And what about mine? BORKMAN. There you have yourself to blame, Ella. ELLA RENTHEIM. [With a start.] And you can say that? BORKMAN. You could quite well have been happy without me. ELLA RENTHEIM. Do you believe that? BORKMAN. If you had made up your mind to. ELLA RENTHEIM. [Bitterly.] Oh, yes, I know well enough there was some one else ready to marry me. BORKMAN. But you rejected him. ELLA RENTHEIM. Yes, I did. BORKMAN. Time after time you rejected him. Year after year---- ELLA RENTHEIM. [Scornfully.] Year after year I rejected happiness, I suppose you think? BORKMAN. You might perfectly well have been happy with him. And then I should have been saved. ELLA RENTHEIM. You? BORKMAN. Yes, you would have saved me, Ella.