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.]