Fred. Sister, dear sister! (Follows.)
P. Coun. (to Gernau.) Man! you, that, though poor and low, have remained faithful to your duty; I apply to that heart which my power has tortured, and seek for consolation. (Clings round his neck.)
Gern. I sympathize in your sufferings; let me go and get information, and act for you.
P. Coun. No! If I should fall, I ought to rise by myself, and if I cannot bring that about, I ought to perish in the dark, unpitied by man.
[Exit.
ACT V.
SCENE I.
Enter Aulic Counsellor Reissman, bringing in two bottles of wine, which he puts on the table.
Reiss. The doctor is dead,--good night to him! The lawyer will soon follow; he is an old man! Old people are subject to many accidents; death has them constantly at his nod, such is the course of nature!