LULU--[_Lamp in hand, holds him by the sleeve._] Stay with me! DR. HILTI--A dead man! A corpse! LULU--Stay with me! Stay with me! DR. HILTI--[_Tearing away._] A corpse is lying in there! Horrors! Hail! Heaven! LULU--Stay with me! DR. HILTI--Where d’s it go out? [_Sees_ GESCHWITZ.] And there is the devil! LULU--Please, stop, stay! DR. HILTI--Devil, devilled devilry.--Oh, thou eternal----[_Exit._] LULU--[_Rushing after him._] Stop! Stop! GESCHWITZ--[_Alone, lets the revolver sink._] Better, hang! If now she sees me lying in my blood, she’ll not weep a tear for me! I have always been to her but the docile tool that she could use for the most difficult tasks. From the first day she has abhorred me from the depths of her soul.--Shall I not rather jump from the bridge? Which could be colder, the water or her heart? I would dream till I was drowned.----Better, hang!----Stab?--Hm, there would be no use in that---- How often have I dreamt that she kissed me! But a minute more; an owl knocks there at the window, and I wake up----Better, hang! Not water; water is too clean for me. [_Starting up._] There!--There! There it is!--Quick now, before she comes! [_Takes the plaid-straps from the wall, climbs on the chair, fastens them to a hook in the doorpost, puts her head thru them, kicks the chair away, and falls to the ground._] Accursed life!--Accursed life!--Could it be before me still?--Let me speak to your heart just once, my angel! But you are cold!--I am not to go yet! Perhaps I am even to have been happy once.--Listen to him, Lulu! I am not to go yet! [_She drags herself before_ LULU’S _picture, sinks on her knees and folds her hands_.] My adoréd angel! My love! My star!--Have mercy upon me, pity me, pity me, pity me! [LULU _opens the door, and_ JACK _enters--a thick-set man of elastic movements, with a pale face, inflamed eyes, arched and heavy brows, a drooping mustache, thin imperial and shaggy whiskers, and fiery red hands with gnawed nails. His eyes are fixed on the ground. He wears a dark overcoat and a little round felt hat. Entering, he notices_ GESCHWITZ.] JACK--Who is that? LULU--That’s my sister, sir. She’s crazy. I don’t know how to get rid of her. JACK--Your mouth looks beautiful. LULU--It’s my mother’s. JACK--Looks like it. How much do you want? I haven’t got much money. LULU--Won’t you spend the night with me here? JACK--No, haven’t got the time. I must get home. LULU--You can tell them at home to-morrow that you missed the last ’bus and spent the night with a friend. JACK--How much do you want? LULU--I’m not after lumps of gold, but, well, a little something. JACK--[_Turning._] Good night! Good night! LULU--[_Holds him back._] No, no! Stay, for God’s sake! JACK--[_Goes past_ GESCHWITZ _and opens the cubicle_.] Why should I stay here till morning? Sounds suspicious! When I’m asleep they’ll turn my pockets out. LULU--No, I won’t do that! No one will! Don’t go away again for that! I beg you!