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Tekla has just argued with her husband, who’s strange and out of character behavior is confusing her. She is unexpectedly joined by her ex-husband, Gustav, who pretends that he was unaware that Tekla was also a guest at the hotel. In reality, he has been grooming and manipulating Tekla’s husband all week, encouraging him to question the state of his marriage and his relationship with Tekla. Tekla begins to find herself drawn to Gustav as he makes her believe that her husband no longer loves
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TEKLA. [Shows agitation, but manages to control herself] Oh, is it you?
GUSTAV. Yes, it's me---I beg your pardon!
TEKLA. Which way did you come?
GUSTAV. By land. But---I am not going to stay, as---
TEKLA. Oh, there is no reason why you shouldn't.---Well, it was some time ago---
GUSTAV. Yes, some time.
TEKLA. You have changed a great deal.
GUSTAV. And you are as
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