And that the child, too, will be without food or shelter? Do you regret that?

LILIOM

As long as I won’t be there, what’s it got to do with me?

THE MAGISTRATE

Don’t try to deceive us, Andreas Zavocki. We see through you as through a pane of glass.

LILIOM

If you see so much, what do you want to ask me for? Why don’t you let me rest—in peace?

THE MAGISTRATE

First you must earn your rest.

LILIOM