LULU. I wouldn't have known that I had a spark of self-respect—

SCHÖN. (Suddenly distrustful.) No harlequinading—

LULU. O Lord—I know very well what I'd have become if you hadn't saved me from it.

SCHÖN. Are you then, perhaps, something different to-day?

LULU. God be thanked, no!

SCHÖN. That is right!

LULU. (Laughs.) And how awfully glad I am about it.

SCHÖN. (Spits.) Will you dance now?

LULU. In anything, before anyone!

SCHÖN. Then down to the stage!