JACK--How much do you want? LULU--Then give me the half of what I said! JACK--No, that’s too much. You don’t seem to have been at this long? LULU--To-day is the first time. [GESCHWITZ, _still on her knees, has half risen toward_ JACK; LULU _yanks her back by the straps around her neck_.] Lie down and be quiet! JACK--Let her alone! She isn’t your sister. She is in love with you. [_Strokes_ GESCHWITZ’S _head like a dog’s_.] Poor beast! LULU--Why do you stare at me so all at once? JACK--I got your measure by the way you walked. I said to myself: That girl must have a well-built body. LULU--But how can you tell a thing like that? JACK--I even saw that you had a pretty mouth. But I’ve only got a florin on me. LULU--Well, what difference does that make! Just give that to me! JACK--But you’ll have to give me half back, so I can take the ’bus to-morrow morning. LULU--I have nothing on me. JACK--Just look, though. Hunt thru your pockets!--Well, what’s that? Let’s see it! LULU--[_Showing him._] That’s all I have. JACK--Give it to me! LULU--I’ll change it to-morrow, and then give you half. JACK--No, give it all to me. LULU--[_Giving it._] In God’s name! But now you come! [_Takes up the lamp._] JACK--We need no light. The moon’s out. LULU--[_Puts the lamp down._] As you say. [_She falls on his neck._] I won’t harm you at all! I love you so! Don’t let me beg you any longer! JACK--All right; I’m with you. [_Follows her into the cubby-hole. The lamp goes out. On the floor under the two skylights appear two vivid squares of moonlight. Everything in the room is clearly seen._] GESCHWITZ--[_As in a dream._] This is the last evening I shall spend with these people. I’m going back to Germany. My mother’ll send me the money. I’ll go to a university. I must fight for woman’s rights; study law.... [LULU _shrieks, and tears open the door_.] LULU--[_Barefoot, in chemise and petticoat, holding the door shut behind her._] Help! Help! [GESCHWITZ _rushes to the door, draws her revolver, and crying “Let go!” pushes_ LULU _aside. As she aims at the door_, JACK, _bent double, tears it open from inside, and runs a knife into_ GESCHWITZ’S _body. She fires one shot, at the roof, and falls with suppressed crying, crumpling up._ JACK _tears her revolver from her and throws himself against the exit-door_.] JACK--God damn! I never saw a prettier mouth! [_Sweat drips from his hairy face. His hands are bloody. He pants, gasping violently, and stares at the floor with eyes popping out of his head._ LULU, _trembling in every limb, looks wildly round. Suddenly she seizes the bottle, smashes it on the table, and with the broken neck in her hand rushes upon_ JACK. _He swings up his right foot and throws her onto her back. Then he lifts her up._] LULU--No, no!--Mercy!--Murder!--Police! Police! JACK--Be still. You’ll never get away from me again. [_Carries her in._]