.. and ... yes ... and ... well, yes...!
HELEN
But if I begged you--begged you truly--from my heart ... to stay a little
longer--
LOTH
So you do not share Hoffmann's opinion?
HELEN
No!--and that--that is just what I wanted to be sure--quite sure to tell
you, before ... before--you--went.
LOTH
[_Grasps her hand once more._] It helps me _much_ to hear you say that.
HELEN
[_Struggling with herself. Her excitement mounts rapidly and to the point
of unconsciousness. She stammers out half-chokingly._] And more, oh, more
I wanted to ... to tell you ... that I esteem and ... and ... honour you
as ... I've done no ... man before ... that I trust ... you ... that I'm
ready to ... to prove that ... that I feel toward you ...
[_She sinks, swooning into his arms._
LOTH
Helen!
THE CURTAIN DROPS QUICKLY
THE FOURTH ACT
_The farmyard, as in the second act. Time: a quarter of an hour after
HELEN'S avowal._
_MARIE and GOLISCH the cowherd drag a wooden chest down the stairs
that lead to the loft. LOTH comes from the house. He is dressed for
travelling and goes slowly and thoughtfully diagonally across the
yard.
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