SCENE XVI
The BARON and the BARONESS. The SPECTATORS withdraw gradually.
BARONESS. Where is Emil?
BARON. He was gone!
BARONESS. That's a lie!
BARON. [After a pause] Yes—I did not bring him to my mother, whom I cannot trust, but to the Rectory.
BARONESS. To the minister!
BARON. Your one reliable enemy! Yes. Who was there else that I might trust? And I did it because a while ago I caught a glance in your eye which made me think that you possibly might kill yourself and the child.