Jos. Who can it be at this lone hour? We have

Few visitors.

Wer.‍And poverty hath none,

Save those who come to make it poorer still.

Well—I am prepared.

[Werner puts his hand into his bosom, as if to search for some weapon.

Jos.‍Oh! do not look so. I

Will to the door. It cannot be of import170

In this lone spot of wintry desolation:—

The very desert saves man from mankind.