GHOST. [Pointing to the table] And you see nothing? Don't you see the beheaded sailor, the surveyor, the chimney-sweep, the lady in white, the tenant——
JUDGE. I see absolutely nothing.
GHOST. Woe unto you, then, when your eyes become opened as mine have been. Now the verdict has been given: guilty!
JUDGE. Guilty!
GHOST. You have said it—yourself! And you have already been sentenced. All that remains now is the big auction.
Curtain.
[ACT V]
The same room as in the second act, but it is now arranged for the auction. Benches are placed in the middle of the room. On the table behind which the auctioneer is to preside stand the silver coffee-set, the clock, vases, candelabra, etc.
The portraits of the JUDGE and the OLD LADY have been taken down and are leaning against the table.
The NEIGHBOUR and AMELIA are on the stage.