The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Volume IIHauptmann, Gerhart
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The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Volume II
Hauptmann, Gerhart
German drama -- Translations into English
Won't you admit that a genuinely tragic fatality has been active here?
HASSENREUTER
Tragedy is not confined to any class of society. I always told you that!
_SELMA, breathless, opens the outer door._
SELMA
Mr. John! Mr. John! Oh, Mr. John!
MRS. HASSENREUTER
Mr. John isn't here. What do you want, Selma?
SELMA
Mr. John, you're to come out on the street!
HASSENREUTER
Quiet, quiet now! What is the matter?
SELMA
[_Breathlessly._] Your wife ... your wife ... The whole street's crowded
... 'buses an' tram-cars ... nobody can't get through ... her arms is
stretched out ... your wife's lyin' on her face down there.
MRS. HASSENREUTER
Why, what has happened?
SELMA
Lord! Lord God in Heaven! Mrs. John has killed herself.
THE END
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