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62 Strindberg
tive to fair criticism as their ultra-conservative
sisters. Nor is Bertha different in her concept of
love, which is expressed in the following dialogue :
Bertha. Will you be very good, very, very good?
Axel. I always want to be good to you, my friend.
Bertha, who has sent her painting to the exhibi
tion, wants to make use of Axel s
"
goodness
"
to secure the grace of one of the art jurors.
Bertha. You would not make a sacrifice for your
wife, would you?
Axel. Go begging? No, I don t want to do that.
Bertha immediately concludes that he does not
love her and that, moreover, he is jealous of her
art. There is a scene.
Bertha soon recovers. But bent on gaining her
purpose, she changes her manner.
Bertha. Axel, let s be friends! And hear me a
moment. Do you think that my position in your house
for it is yours is agreeable to me ? You support
me, you pay for my studying at Julian s, while you your
self cannot afford instruction. Don t you think I see
how you sit and wear out yourself and your talent on
these pot-boiling drawings, and are able to paint only in
leisure moments? You haven t been able to afford
models for yourself, while you pay mine five hard-earned
francs an hour. You don t know how good how
noble how sacrificing you are, and also you don t
know how I suffer to see you toil so for me. Oh, Axel,
you can t know how I feel my position. What am I to
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