know where Dr. Bernstein lives?

HENRIETTE. Of course, Doctor. Right next door.

SCHOEN. (Giving her one note.) Take that over to him, please.

HENRIETTE. In case the doctor is not at home?

SCHOEN. He is at home. (Giving her the other note.) And take this to
police headquarters. Take a cab. (Henriette goes out.) I am judged!

ALVA. My blood is cold.

SCHOEN. (Toward the left.) The fool!

ALVA. He waked up to something, perhaps?

SCHOEN. He has been too absorbed with himself. (Lulu appears on the
steps, right, in dust-coat and hat.)

ALVA. Where are you going now?

LULU. Out. I see it on all the walls.

SCHOEN. Where are his papers?

LULU. In the desk.

SCHOEN. (At the desk.) Where?

LULU. Lower right-hand drawer. (She kneels and opens the drawer,
emptying the papers on the floor.) Here. There is nothing to fear. He
had no secrets.

SCHOEN. Now I can just withdraw from the world.

LULU. (Still kneeling.) Write a pamphlet about him. Call him
Michelangelo.

SCHOEN. What good'll that do? (Pointing left.) There lies my engagement.

ALVA. That's the curse of your game!

SCHOEN. Shout it thru the streets!!

ALVA. (Pointing to Lulu.) If you had treated that girl fairly and
justly when my mother died--

SCHOEN. My engagement is bleeding to death there!

LULU. (Getting up.) I sha'n't stay here any longer.

SCHOEN. In an hour they'll be selling extras. I dare not go across the
street!

LULU. Why, what can you do to help it?

SCHOEN. That's just it! They'll stone me for it!

ALVA. You must get away--travel.

SCHOEN. To leave the scandal a free field!

LULU. (By the couch.) Ten minutes ago he was lying here.

SCHOEN. This is the reward for all I've done for him! In one second he
wrecks my whole life for me!

ALVA. Control yourself, please!

LULU. (On the couch.) There's no one but ourselves here.

ALVA. But =our= position?

SCHOEN. (To Lulu.) What will you say to the police?

LULU. Nothing.

ALVA. He didn't want to remain a debtor to his destiny.

LULU. He always thought of death immediately.

SCHOEN. He thought what a human being can only dream of.

LULU. He has paid dearly for it.

ALVA. He had what =we= don't have!

SCHOEN. (Suddenly violent.) I know your reasons! I have no cause to
consider you! If you try every means to prevent having any brothers and
sisters, that's all the more reason why I should get more children.

ALVA. You've a poor knowledge of men.

LULU. You ge