LULU--[_Stepping back._] I hope you’re going to give me something! [HUNIDEI _stops her mouth and presses a gold-piece in her hand, then looks at her uncertain, questioningly, as she examines it and throws it from one hand to the other_.] All right, it’s good. [_Puts it in her pocket._ HUNIDEI _quickly stops her mouth, gives her a few silver coins, and glances at her commandingly_.] Oh, that’s nice of you! [HUNIDEI _leaps madly about the room, brandishing his arms and staring upward in despair_. LULU _cautiously nears him, throws an arm round him and kisses him on the mouth. Laughing soundlessly, he frees himself from her and looks questioningly around. She takes up the lamp and opens the door to her room. He goes in smiling, taking off his hat. The stage is dark save for what light comes thru the cracks of the door._ ALVA _and_ SCHIGOLCH _creep out on all fours_.] ALVA--They’re gone. SCHIGOLCH--[_Behind him._] Wait. ALVA--One can hear nothing here. SCHIGOLCH--You’ve heard that often enough! ALVA--I will kneel before her door. SCHIGOLCH--Little mother’s sonny! [_Presses past_ ALVA, _gropes across the stage to_ HUNIDEI’s _coat, and searches the pockets_. ALVA _crawls to_ LULU’s _door_.] Gloves, nothing more! [_Turns the coat round, searches the inside pockets, pulls a book out that he gives to_ ALVA.] Just see what that is. [ALVA _holds the book to the light_.] ALVA--[_Wearily deciphering the title-page._] Warnings to pious pilgrims and such as wish to be so. Very helpful. Price, 2s. 6d. SCHIGOLCH--It looks to me as if God had left =him= pretty completely. [_Lays the coat over the chair again and makes for the cubby-hole._] There’s nothing =to= these people. The country’s best time’s behind it! ALVA--Life is never as bad as it’s painted. [_He, too, creeps back._] SCHIGOLCH--Not even a silk muffler he’s got and yet in Germany we creep on our bellies before this rabble. ALVA--Come, let’s vanish again. SCHIGOLCH--She only thinks of herself, and takes the first man that runs across her path. Hope the dog remembers her the rest of his life! [_They disappear, left, shutting the door behind them._ LULU _re-enters, setting the lamp on the table_. HUNIDEI _follows_.] LULU--Will you come to see me again? [HUNIDEI _stops her mouth. She looks upward in a sort of despair and shakes her head_. HUNIDEI, _putting his coat on, approaches her grinning; she throws her arms around his neck; he gently frees himself, kisses her hand, and turns to the door. She starts to accompany him, but he signs to her to stay behind and noiselessly leaves the room._ SCHIGOLCH _and_ ALVA _re-enter_.] LULU--[_Tonelessly._] How he has stirred me up! ALVA--How much did he give you? LULU--[_As before._] Here it is! All! Take it! I’m going down again. SCHIGOLCH--We can still live like princes up here. ALVA--He’s coming back. SCHIGOLCH--Then let’s just retire again, quick. ALVA--He’s after his prayer-book. Here it is. It must have fallen out of his coat.