LULU. (On the couch.) There's no one but ourselves here.

ALVA. But our position?

SCHÖN. (To Lulu.) What will you say to the police?

LULU. Nothing.

ALVA. He didn't want to remain a debtor to his destiny.

LULU. He always thought of death immediately.

SCHÖN. He thought what a human being can only dream of.

LULU. He has paid dearly for it.

ALVA. He had what we don't have!

SCHÖN. (Suddenly violent.) I know your reasons! I have no cause to consider you! If you try every means to prevent having any brothers and sisters, that's all the more reason why I should get more children.