to herself.]
[A cry for help is heard. It dies down, then comes again.]
[The noise of some one
approaching is heard.]
[Enter Eginhardt.]
[Ernst and Guta mount the steps but as they descend
the other side they pause and look round unnoticed by
Emma and Eginhardt.]
[Emma drapes the cross with the white silk.]
[Some leaves of the linden rustle slightly.]