STARCK. Your mother has asked for you several times.
AGNES. Is that so? Well, here I am.
STARCK. Please go down and help her start a fire under the little oven.
AGNES. Is she angry with me, then?
STARCK. You know that she cannot be angry with you.
AGNES. Oh, yes, but she doesn't say anything.
STARCK. Well, girl, isn't it better to escape being scolded?
AGNES disappears into the gateway.
MASTER. [To LOUISE] Does he know, or doesn't he?
LOUISE. Let's hope that he will remain in ignorance.