Lassalle. And to be understood is paradise.
Helene. We have been in paradise eight days.
Lassalle. Paradise!
Helene. Paradise!
Lassalle. And now we go out into the world——
Helene. To meet at my father's house.
Lassalle. At the day and hour next week that you shall name.
Helene. Even so.
[They hold hands, look into each other's eyes wistfully and solemnly. Both rise and walk off the stage in opposite directions. Lassalle hesitates, stops and looks back at her as if he expected she would turn and command him to go with her. She does not command him, and he goes off the stage alone, slowly and with a dejected air, which for him is unusual.]