KARL
No! And a thousand times no.
[Throws himself face down again on couch. Screams very loud.
No! Do you hear me? No! I have known her all these years, and we've been good friends only—and we'll remain good friends, nothing else. I don't want the found sovereign!
[Moving to end of couch.
DEVIL, coming down L. of couch; very emphatically
And if it slips away?
[Silence. Then quickly:
If another man runs away with it—?
KARL, suddenly jumping at a conclusion