"You mustn't think that I'm acting heedlessly, for I have given this matter very serious thought."
"Then think it over once more before you act."
Gertrude turned from him impatiently.
"You should also think it over for Hellgum's sake," said Ingmar with rising anger, seizing her by the arm.
She shook off his hand. "Are you out of your senses, Ingmar?" she gasped.
"Yes," he answered; "these doings of Hellgum are driving me mad.
They must be stopped!"
"What must be stopped?"
"You'll find out before long."
Gertrude shrugged her shoulders.
"Good-bye, Gertrude!" he said in a choking voice. "And remember what I tell you. You will never join the Hellgumists!"