CONSUL. Not she—not since she had to make you amends in the presence of Louise.
MASTER. I had forgotten that! She really did me the honour of becoming jealous! I do think there is justice in this world!
CONSUL. And then she learned that Agnes was younger than herself.
MASTER. Poor Gerda! But in a case like this you mustn't tell people that justice exists—an avenging justice—for it is sheer falsehood that they love justice! And you must deal gently with their filth. And Nemesis—exists only for the other person.—There it's ringing again? That telephone makes a noise like a rattlesnake!
LOUISE becomes visible at the telephone inside. Pause.
MASTER. [To LOUISE] Did the snake bite?
LOUISE. [At the window] May I speak to you, sir?
MASTER. [Going up to the window] Speak out!
LOUISE. The lady has gone to her mother, in the country, to live there with her little girl.
MASTER. [To his brother] Mother and child in the country—in a good home! Now it's straightened out!—Oh!