Is Mr. von Sala gone? My father wanted to talk to him.--And you are still here?... Why did Mr. von Sala go? What did he tell you?--Johanna...! Johanna...? JULIAN She is dead ... she has drowned herself in the pool. FELIX (_with a cry of dismay_) Where did he go? JULIAN I don't think you can find him. FELIX What is he doing? JULIAN He is paying ... while it's time.... WEGRAT (_enters from the veranda_) FELIX (_runs to meet him_) Father.... WEGRAT Felix! What has happened? FELIX We must go to Sala's house, father. WEGRAT Dead...? FELIX Father! (_He takes hold of Wegrat's hand and kisses it_) My father! JULIAN (_has left the room slowly in the meantime_) WEGRAT Must things of this kind happen to make that word sound as if I had heard it for the first time...? CURTAIN INTERMEZZO (_Zwischenspiel_) A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS 1904 PERSONS AMADEUS ADAMS } A musical conductor CECILIA ADAMS-ORTENBURG } His wife, an opera singer PETER } Their child, five years old ALBERT RHON MARIE } His wife SIGISMUND, PRINCE MARADAS-LOHSENSTEIN COUNTESS FREDERIQUE MOOSHEIM } An opera singer GOVERNESS } } At the Adamses COUNT ARPAD PAZMANDY } _The scene is laid in Vienna at the present day._ INTERMEZZO THE FIRST ACT _The study of Amadeus. The walls are painted in dark gray, with a very simple frieze. A door in the background leads to a veranda. On either side of this door is a window. Through the door one sees the garden, to which three steps lead down from the veranda. A cabinet stands between the door and the window at the right; a music-stand holds a corresponding position to the left of the door. Antique bas-reliefs are hung above the cabinet as well as the stand. The main entrance is on the right side in the foreground. Farther back at the right is a door leading to Cecilia's room. A door finished like the rest of the wall leads to the room of Amadeus at the left. A tall book case, with a bust of Verrochio on top of it, stands against the right wall. In the corner back of it are several columns with tall vases full of flowers. A fireplace occupies the foreground at the left. Above it is a large mirror. On the mantelshelf stands a French clock of simple design. A table surrounded by chairs is placed in front of the fireplace. Farther back along the same wall are shelves piled with sheet music, and above them engravings of Schumann, Brahms, Mozart, and other composers. A bust of Beethoven occupies the farthermost corner at the left. Halfway down the stage, nearer the left wall, stands a piano with a piano stool in front of it. An armchair has been moved up close to the piano on the side toward the public. A writing desk holds a similar position at the right. Back of it are an easy-chair and a couch, the latter having been moved close to the table._