LULU--Do you know what time it is? SCHWARZ--[_Looking at his watch._] Half past ten. [LULU _takes the watch and opens the case_.] You don’t love me. LULU--Yes, I do.... It’s five minutes after half past ten. SCHWARZ--Give me a kiss, Eve! LULU--[_Takes him by the chin and kisses him. Throws the watch in the air and catches it._] You smell of tobacco. SCHWARZ--Call me Walter. LULU--It would be uncomfortable to---- SCHWARZ--You’re just making believe! LULU--You’re making believe yourself, it seems to me. _I_ make believe? What makes you think that? I’ve =never needed to do that=. SCHWARZ--[_Rises, disconcerted, passing his hand over his forehead._] God in Heaven! The world is strange to me---- LULU--[_Screams._] Only don’t kill me! SCHWARZ--[_Instantly whirling round._] =Thou hast never yet loved!= LULU--[_Half raising herself._] =You have never yet loved=...! DR. GOLL--[_Outside._] Open the door! LULU--[_Already sprung to her feet._] Hide me! O God, hide me! DR. GOLL--[_Pounding on the door._] Open the door! LULU--[_Holding back_ SCHWARZ _as he goes toward the door_.] He will strike me dead! DR. GOLL--[_Hammering._] Open the door! LULU--[_Sunk down before_ SCHWARZ, _gripping his knees._] He’ll beat me to death! He’ll beat me to death! SCHWARZ--Stand up.... [_The door falls crashing into the studio._ DR. GOLL _with bloodshot eyes rushes upon_ SCHWARZ _and_ LULU, _brandishing his stick_.] DR. GOLL--You dogs! You.... [_Pants, struggles for breath a few seconds, and falls headlong to the ground._ SCHWARZ’S _knees tremble_. LULU _has fled to the door. Pause._] SCHWARZ--Mister--Doctor--Doc--Doctor Goll---- LULU--[_In the door._] Please, tho, first put the studio in order. SCHWARZ--Dr. Goll! [_Leans over._] Doc--[_Steps back._] He’s cut his forehead. Help me to lay him on the ottoman. LULU--[_Shudders backward in terror._] No. No.... SCHWARZ--[_Trying to turn him over._] Dr. Goll. LULU--He doesn’t hear. SCHWARZ--But you, help me, please. LULU--The two of us together couldn’t lift him. SCHWARZ--[_Straightening up._] We must send for a doctor. LULU--He is fearfully heavy. SCHWARZ--[_Getting his hat._] Please, tho, be so good as to put the place a little to rights while I’m away. [_He goes out._] LULU--He’ll spring up all at once. [_Intensely._] Bussi!--He just won’t notice anything. [_Comes down-stage in a wide circle._] He sees my feet, and watches every step I take. He has his eye on me everywhere. [_Touches him with her toe._] Bussi! [_Flinching, backward._] It’s serious with him. The dance is over. He’ll send me to prison. What shall I do? [_Leans down to the floor._] A strange, wild face! [_Getting up._] And no one to do him the last services--isn’t that sad! [SCHWARZ _returns_.] SCHWARZ--Still not come to himself? LULU--[_Down right._] What shall I do? SCHWARZ--[_Bending over_ GOLL.] Doctor Goll. LULU--I almost think it’s serious. SCHWARZ--Talk decently!