CURT. Do you know—your ability to wipe out your own misdeeds is miraculous!
CAPTAIN. I don't understand what you are talking of.
CURT. Then you have come to the end!
CAPTAIN. Well, there is not much left!
CURT. Tell me, perhaps you never applied for that divorce which would bring your wife into disgrace?
CAPTAIN. Divorce? No, I have not heard of it.
CURT, [Rising] Will you admit, then, that you have been lying?
CAPTAIN. You employ such strong words, my friend. All of us need forbearance.
CURT. Oh, you have come to see that?
CAPTAIN. [Firmly, with clear voice] Yes, I have come to see that—And for this reason, Curt, please forgive me! Forgive everything!