Take, off that cloak.
OLGA, to DEVIL
Please, Doctor, protect me.
KARL, half maddened
Then I'll make you!
[KARL rushes down stairs, DEVIL catches him before he reaches the bottom and holds him back.
OLGA, standing very erect, to DEVIL
Why did you stop him—?
[DEVIL lets KARL go.
DEVIL, at foot of stairs, in a very low voice as if ashamed