MUMMY. [Closes the door after him] Put up the screen, Bengtsson.... The Death Screen!
BENGTSSON places the screen in front of the door.
MUMMY. It is finished! God have mercy on his soul!
ALL. Amen!
Long silence. Then the YOUNG LADY appears in the Hyacinth Room with the STUDENT. She seats herself at a harp and begins a prelude, which changes into an accompaniment to the following recitative:
STUDENT. [Singing]
"Seeing the sun, it seemed to my fancy
That I beheld the Spirit that's hidden.
Man must for ever reap what he planted:
Happy is he who has done no evil.
Wrong that was wrought in moments of anger
Never by added wrong can be righted.
Kindness shown to the man whose sorrow
Sprang from your deed, will serve you better.
Fear and guilt have their home together:
Happy indeed is the guiltless man!"
Curtain.
THIRD SCENE