CONSUL. Oh, not eulogies, but ameliorating circumstances——
MASTER. Did you ever want to listen to me when I tried to explain the true state of affairs to you? Yes, you did listen—but your reply was a disapproving silence, as if I had been lying to you. You have always sided with what was wrong, and you have believed nothing but lies, and the reason was—that you were in love with Gerda! But there was also another reason——
CONSUL. Brother, don't say anything more! You see nothing but your own side of things.
MASTER. How can you expect me to view my conditions from the standpoint of my enemy? I cannot take sides against myself, can I?
CONSUL. I am not your enemy.
MASTER. Yes, when you make friends with one who has wronged me!—Where is my child?
CONSUL. I don't know.
MASTER. What was the outcome at the depot?
CONSUL. He took a south-bound train alone.
MASTER. And the others?