Because I don't want you to think I am making any sacrifice. You think so, but I am not. (INGOLF: I understand.) No, you don't understand. There was still one place where I was afraid to go, because it meant more to me than any other. I grasped my heart with fear, and there I seemed to find the place. It was the Angelica Gorge,--where you had put your life in my hands. I was afraid that if I went there, I would instantly lose the peace of mind I had gained. But if I could not bear that, then this peace was nothing but an illusion. I wanted to be sincere with myself--so I went up there last night. (INGOLF: We saw you walking up the mountain.) I lay down on the edge of the cliff and looked down into the depth from which I had seen you come up. "Little heart," I said, "try to be calm while I am tormenting you: Here it was that he raised himself up on the rope I held. Here it was that he showed me how well he loved me." But instead of feeling pain, my whole frame quivered with trembling joy. Here, too, I had conquered. Tears of gratitude came into my eyes, I stretched myself farther out on the edge to make my tears of joy fall into the chasm, down to the very bottom.--Do you see now that I am not going to make a sacrifice. Now tell all this to Runa, for she should know it too. INGOLF (very much moved, throws himself at her feet). When you have risen I will kiss the ground your feet have marked.

Hadda Padda Monologue from Hadda Pada

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