CONSUL. Your memory only!
GERDA. That's strange!
The MASTER ceases to read and stares out through the window.
GERDA. He is looking at us!
CONSUL. Don't move!
GERDA. He is looking straight into my eyes.
CONSUL. Be still! He doesn't see you.
GERDA. He looks as if he were dead——
CONSUL. Well, he has been killed.
GERDA. Why do you talk like that?