So he was a mountaineer, was he, that man?


MAIA.

Yes, he was--in his way.


ULFHEIM.

And then he took the girl up with him---?


MAIA.

[With a toss of the head.] Took her up with him finely, you may be
sure! Oh no! he beguiled her into a cold, clammy cage, where--as it
seemed to her--there was neither sunlight nor fresh air, but only
gilding and great petrified ghosts of people all around the walls.


ULFHEIM.

Devil take me, but it served her right!


MAIA.

Yes, but don't you think it's quite a comical story, all the same?