CURT. That's strange!
CAPTAIN. Of course, it is! So strange that I cannot realise that I am the man who has been guilty of such a mean act.
CURT. Have you not expected her to take some revenge?
CAPTAIN. Well, she seems to have taken it in full measure; and that, too, seems no less natural to me.
CURT. What has so suddenly brought you to this cynical resignation?
CAPTAIN. Since I looked death in the face, life has presented itself from a different viewpoint. Tell me, if you were to judge between Alice and myself, whom would you place in the right?
CURT. Neither of you. But to both of you I should give endless compassion—perhaps a little more of it to you!
CAPTAIN. Give me your hand, Curt!
CURT. [Gives him one hand and puts the other one on the CAPTAIN'S shoulder] Old boy!
ALICE. [In from the left, carrying a sunshade] Well, how harmonious! Oh, friendship! Has there been no telegram yet?