ADELHEID: Now, listen, Franz. I shall tell you the names which I want you to repeat to your master, always adding, "Please, please." FRANZ (_seizing her hand passionately_): Please, please! ADELHEID (_stepping back_): Hands are not wanted. You must lose such bad manners. But you must not be so upset at a little rebuke. One punishes the children one loves. FRANZ: You love me, then? ADELHEID: I might love you as a child, but you are getting too tall and violent. [_Exeunt._ SCENE II.--_Hall at Jaxthausen_. SICKINGEN _and_ GOETZ. GOETZ: So you want to marry a jilted woman? SICKINGEN: To be deceived by him is an honour for you both. I want a mistress for my castles and gardens. In the field, at court, I want to stand alone. [_Enter_ SELBITZ. SELBITZ: Bad news! The emperor has put you under the ban, and has sent troops to seize you. GOETZ: Sickingen, you hear. Take back your offer, and leave me! SICKINGEN: I shall not turn from you in trouble. No better wooing than in time of war and danger. GOETZ: On one condition. You must publicly detach yourself from me. The emperor loves and esteems you, and your intercession may save me in the hour of need. SICKINGEN: But I can secretly send you twenty horsemen. GOETZ: That offer I accept. [_Exeunt._ SCENE III.--_A hill with a view over a fertile country_. GEORGE _and_ GOETZ'S _men cross the stage, chasing the imperial troops. Then_ SELBITZ _is carried on, wounded, accompanied by_ FAUD. SELBITZ: Let me rest here!--and back to your master; back to Goetz! FAUD: Let me stay with you. I am no good below; they have hammered my old bones till I can scarcely move. (_Exit soldiers._) Here from the wall I can watch the fight. SELBITZ: What do you see? FAUD: Your horsemen are turning tail. I can see Goetz's three black feathers in the midst of the turmoil. Woe, he has fallen! And George's blue plume has disappeared! Sickingen's horsemen in flight! Ha! I see Goetz again! And George! Victory! Victory! They are routed! Goetz is after them--he has seized their flag! The fugitives are coming here! Oh! what will they do with you? SELBITZ: Come down and draw! My sword is ready. I'll make it hot for them, even sitting or lying down! [_Enter imperial troops_. SELBITZ _and_ FAUD _defend themselves until_ LERSE _comes to their rescue, attacking the soldiers furiously, killing some and putting the rest to flight. Enter_ GOETZ, GEORGE, _a troop of armed men._ SELBITZ: Good luck, Goetz! Victory! Victory! How did you fare? GOETZ: To George and Lerse I owe my life; I was off my horse when they came to the rescue. I have their flag and a few prisoners.