Henriette, with two hoarse cries, falls to the ground in a fit of nervous sobbing.
GEORGE [rushing towards her] My God!
Henriette eludes him and pulls herself up with disgust, hatred, and horror depicted all over her.
HENRIETTE [shrieking like a mad woman] Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!
ACT III
The doctor’s room in the hospital where he is chief physician. The doctor enters with a medical student, both in their hospital clothes, and takes off his apron while talking.
DOCTOR. By the way, my dear fellow, is the gentleman we passed in the passage waiting for you?
STUDENT. No, not for me.