ALICE. Oh, Curt has not changed, it seems to me.
CAPTAIN. Sit down, sit down! And first of all—the programme. Have you any engagement for to-night?
CURT. I am invited to the doctor's, but I have not promised to go.
ALICE. Then you will stay with your relatives.
CURT. That would seem the natural thing, but the doctor is my superior, and I might have trouble afterward.
CAPTAIN. What kind of talk is that? I have never been afraid of my superiors——
CURT. Fear or no fear, the trouble cannot be escaped.
CAPTAIN. On this island I am master. Keep behind my back, and nobody will dare to touch you.
ALICE. Oh, be quiet, Edgar! [Takes CURT by the hand] Leaving both masters and superiors aside, you must stay with us. That will be found both natural and proper.
CURT. Well, then—especially as I feel welcome here.