SCHÖN. (Groaning.) O God! O God! O God! (Alva finds the door locked, turns the key and opens it. Countess Geschwitz steps out. Schön at the sight of her straighten up, stiffly.) The Devil. (He falls backward onto the carpet. Lulu throws herself down, takes his head in her lap, and kisses him.)
LULU. He has got over it. (Gets up and starts toward the stairs.)
ALVA. Don't stir!
GESCHWITZ. I thought it was you.
LULU. (Throwing herself before Alva.) You can't give me up to the law! It is my head that is struck off. I shot him because he was about to shoot me. I have loved nobody in the world but him! Alva, demand what you will, only don't let me fall into the hands of justice. Take pity on me. I am still young. I will be true to you as long as I live. I will belong only to you. Look at me, Alva. Man, look at me! Look at me!! (Knocking on the door outside.)
ALVA. The police. (Goes to open it.)
HUGENBERG. I shall be expelled from school.
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Transcriber's Note:
The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.