Vera—You know, I’m afraid of you!
The Dove—Me?
Vera—Yes, you seem so gentle—do we not call you the Dove? And you are so little—so little it’s almost immoral, you make me feel as if——
The Dove—As if?
Vera—Well, as if your terrible quality were not one of action, but just the opposite, as if you wanted to prevent nothing.
The Dove—There are enough people preventing things, aren’t there?
Vera—Yes—that’s why you frighten me.
The Dove—Because I let everything go on, as far as it can go?
Vera—Yes, because you disturb nothing.
The Dove—I see.