Earth is draped with glistening snows,
Garbed anew with purity.
Let each soul be undefiled,
God and man be reconciled.
Let each soul be undefiled,
God and man be reconciled.——
[She totters for a second beneath Eginhardt's
weight.]
[Exit Emma with Eginhardt on her back. After a
time she returns, panting, and closes the door.]