PAUL.
[Starting up wildly.]
No, no!—My life for hers!—My life for hers!
[Waking, as the Dream disappears, he looks about dazed and bewildered; then bursts into hysterical laughter.]
A dream!—Thank God, a dream!—Only a horrible dream!
[Suddenly stops short in horror.]
How dark and still the house is. My God!—Something has happened!—What is it?
[Shrieks with terror.]
Diane!—Diane!