LULU--He wouldn’t say that to me. He makes me dance for him when he doesn’t feel well. SCHWARZ--The doctor will be here in a moment. LULU--Doctoring won’t help =him=. SCHWARZ--But people do what they can, in such cases! LULU--He doesn’t believe in it. SCHWARZ--Don’t you want to--at any rate--put something on? LULU--Yes,--right off. SCHWARZ--What are you waiting for? LULU--Please.... SCHWARZ--What is it? LULU--Shut =his= eyes. SCHWARZ--You make me shiver. LULU--Not nearly so much as you make =me=! SCHWARZ--I? LULU--You’re a born criminal. SCHWARZ--Aren’t you the least bit touched by this moment? LULU--It hits me, too, some. SCHWARZ--Please, just you keep still now! LULU--It hits you some, too. SCHWARZ--You really didn’t need to add that, at such a moment! LULU--=Please=...! SCHWARZ--Do what you think necessary. I don’t know how. LULU--[_Left of_ GOLL.] He’s looking at me. SCHWARZ--[_Right of_ GOLL.] And at me, too. LULU--You’re a coward! SCHWARZ--[_Shuts_ GOLL’S _eyes with his handkerchief_.] It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever been condemned to that. LULU--Didn’t you do it to your mother? SCHWARZ--[Nervously.] No. LULU--You were away, perhaps. SCHWARZ--No! LULU--Or else you were afraid? SCHWARZ--[_Violently._] No! LULU--[_Shivering, backward._] I didn’t mean to insult you. SCHWARZ--She’s still alive. LULU--Then you still have somebody. SCHWARZ--She’s as poor as a beggar. LULU--I know what that is. SCHWARZ--Don’t laugh at me! LULU--Now I am rich---- SCHWARZ--It gives me cold shudders---- [_Goes right._] She can’t help it! LULU--[_To herself._] What’ll I do? SCHWARZ--[_To himself._] Absolutely uncivilized! [_They look at each other mistrustfully._ SCHWARZ _goes over to her and grips her hand_.] Look me in the eyes! LULU--[_Apprehensively._] What do you want? SCHWARZ--[_Takes her to the ottoman and makes her sit next to him._] Look me in the eyes. LULU--I see myself in them as Pierrot. SCHWARZ--[_Shoves her from him._] Confounded dancer-ing! LULU--I must change my clothes---- SCHWARZ--[_Holds her back._] One question---- LULU--I can’t answer it. SCHWARZ--Can you speak the truth? LULU--I don’t know. SCHWARZ--Do you believe in a Creator? LULU--I don’t know. SCHWARZ--Can you swear by anything? LULU--I don’t know. Leave me alone. You’re mad. SCHWARZ--What do you believe in, then? LULU--I don’t know. SCHWARZ--Have you no soul, then? LULU--I don’t know. SCHWARZ--Have you ever once loved----? LULU--I don’t know. SCHWARZ--[_Gets up, goes right, to himself._] She doesn’t know! LULU--[_Without moving._] I don’t know. SCHWARZ--[_Glancing at_ GOLL.] He knows. LULU--[_Nearer him._] What do you want to know?