.. she is fainting ... the pains
have stopped ... won't you at last ...
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
I'm coming up. [_To LOTH significantly._] We'll see each other later. Mr.
Hoffmann, I must request you ... any interference or disturbance might
prove fatal ... I would much prefer to have you stay here.
HOFFMANN
You ask a great deal, but ... well!
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
No more than is right.
[_He goes._
_HOFFMANN remains behind._
HOFFMANN
[_Observing LOTH._] I'm just trembling in every limb from the excitement.
Tell me, are you leaving?
LOTH
Yes.
HOFFMANN
Now in the middle of the night?
LOTH
I'm only going as far as Schimmelpfennig's.
HOFFMANN
Ah, yes. Well ... as things have shaped themselves, it's of course no
pleasure staying with us any longer ... So, good luck!
LOTH
I thank you for your hospitality.
HOFFMANN
And how about that plan of yours?
LOTH
What plan?
HOFFMANN
I mean that essay of yours, that economic description of our district. I
ought to say ... in fact, as a friend, I would beg of you as insistently
as possible ...
LOTH
Don't worry about that any more. I'll be far away from here by to-morrow.
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