CAPTAIN. And then?
CURT. Nothing but surprises, I suppose.
CAPTAIN. But nothing at all is known with certainty?
CURT. No, that's just it! That is why you must be prepared for everything.
CAPTAIN. You are not childish enough to believe in a hell?
CURT. Do you not believe in it—you, who are right in it?
CAPTAIN. That is metaphorical only.
CURT. The realism with which you have described yours seems to preclude all thought of metaphors, poetical or otherwise.
[Silence.
CAPTAIN. If you only knew what pangs I suffer!