ALVA--[_To_ HUGENBERG.] Take hold of him on that side. [_Pointing right._] Into the bedroom. [_They lift_ SCHÖN _upright and lead him right_. LULU _stays near the table, the glass in her hand_.] SCHÖN--[_Groaning._] O God! O God! O God! [ALVA _finds the door locked, turns the key and opens it_. COUNTESS GESCHWITZ _steps out_. SCHÖN _at the sight of her straightens up, stiffly_.] The Devil. [_He falls backward onto the carpet._ LULU _throws herself down, takes his head in her lap, and kisses him_.] LULU--He has got thru. [_Gets up and starts toward the stairs._] ALVA--Don’t stir! GESCHWITZ--I thought it was you. LULU--[_Throwing herself before_ ALVA.] You can’t give me up to the law! It is =my= head that is struck off. I shot him because he was about to shoot me. I have loved nobody in the world but him! Alva, demand what you will, only don’t let me fall into the hands of justice. Take pity on me. I am still young. I will be true to you as long as I live. I will be wholly yours, yours only! Look at me, Alva. Man, look at me! Look at me! [_Knocking on the door outside._] ALVA--The police. [_Goes to open it._] HUGENBERG--I shall be expelled from school. CURTAIN FOOTNOTES: [8] That is, since Act III Alva has won his Ph.D. PANDORA’S BOX (DIE BÜCHSE DER PANDORA) A Tragedy in Three Acts CHARACTERS LULU DR. ALVA SCHÖN, PH.D., _a writer_ SCHIGOLCH RODRIGO QUAST, _acrobat_ ALFRED HUGENBERG, _escaped from a reform-school_ COUNTESS GESCHWITZ BIANETTA } LUDMILLA STEINHERZ } MAGELONE } KADIDIA, _her daughter_ } COUNT CASTI-PIANI } In Act II PUNTSCHU, _a banker_ } HEILMANN, _a journalist_ } BOB, _a groom, aged 15_ } A DETECTIVE } MR. HUNIDEI } KUNGU POTI, _imperial prince of Uahubee_ } In Act III DR. HILTI, _tutor_ } JACK } The first act takes place in Germany, the second in France, the third in England. ACT I SCENE--_The hall of “Earth-Spirit,” Act IV, feebly lighted by an oil lamp on the centre table. Even this is dimmed by a heavy shade._ LULU’S _picture is gone from the easel, which still stands by the foot of the stairs. The fire-screen and the chair by the ottoman are gone too. Down left is a small tea-table, with a coffee-pot and a cup of black coffee on it, and an arm-chair next it._ _In this chair, deep in cushions, with a plaid shawl over her knees, sits_ COUNTESS GESCHWITZ _in a tight black dress_. RODRIGO, _clad as a servant, sits on the ottoman. At the rear_, ALVA SCHÖN _is walking up and down before the entrance door_. RODRIGO--He lets people wait for him as if he were a concert conductor! GESCHWITZ--I beg of you, don’t speak!