LULU--[_Within, right._] No.--No!--No!--Ah!--Ah!... [_After a pause_, JACK _re-enters. He puts the bowl on the table._] JACK--That =was= a piece of work! [_Washing his hands._] I =am= a damned lucky chap! [_Looks round for a towel._] Not even a towel, these folks here! Hell of a wretched hole! [_He dries his hands on_ GESCHWITZ’S _petticoat_.] This invert is safe enough from me! [_To her._] It’ll soon be all up with you, too. [_Exit._] GESCHWITZ--[_Alone._] Lulu!--My angel!--Let me see thee once more! I am near thee--stay near thee--forever! [_Her elbows give way._] O cursed--!! [_Dies._] CURTAIN FOOTNOTES: [9] For the meaning of this see page 51. [10] In the original he comes from Basle, Switzerland. English with a Dutch accent might offer the best equivalent. [11] “Hiemäl, Härgoht, Töüfäl, Kräuzpataliohn,” such is the weird appearance of all his German. DAMNATION! (TOD UND TEUFEL) A Death-Dance in Three Scenes “Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οἱ πόρναι προάγουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς τῆν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.” ὁ Ἰησοῦς. (_Matth._ 21. 31.) CHARACTERS MARQUIS CASTI-PIANI FRÄULEIN ELFRIEDE VON MALCHUS HERR KÖNIG LISISKA THREE GIRLS SCENE--_A room with three doors, and windows with the blinds drawn. On each side, facing each other, two arm-chairs upholstered in red. In both down-stage corners are little trellis screens behind which the actor is hidden from the stage tho not from the audience. Red upholstered stools in both these corners._ ELFRIEDE VON MALCHUS _sits in one of the arm-chairs. She is evidently uneasy. She wears a modern “reformed” dress with hat, cloak, and gloves._ ELFRIEDE--How much longer are they going to keep me waiting? [_Long pause. She remains sitting motionless._] How much longer are they going to keep me waiting! [_Long pause as before._] How much longer are they going to keep me waiting here!! [_After a moment, she gets up, takes off her cloak and lays it on the chair, takes off her hat and puts it on the cloak, and then walks up and down twice with manifest excitement. Stopping, she cries again_:] How much longer will they keep me waiting here??!! [_On her last word, the_ MARQUIS CASTI-PIANI _enters thru the centre door. He is a tall, bald-headed man, with a high forehead, great black, melancholy eyes, strong, hooked nose, and thick, drooping black mustache. He wears a black coat, a dark, fancy waistcoat, dark gray trousers, patent-leather shoes and a black cravat with a diamond pin._] CASTI-PIANI--[_Bowing._] What can I do for you, madam?