LULU. Geschwitz waits. What shall I tell her?
RODRIGO. My very best wishes, and I am perverse.
LULU. I will deliver that.
RODRIGO. Wait a sec. Is it certain sure I get twenty thousand marks from her?
LULU. Ask herself!
RODRIGO. Then tell her I'm ready. I await her in the dining-room. I must just first look after a barrel of caviare. (Exit, left. Lulu opens the rear door and calls in a clear voice “Martha!” Countess Geschwitz enters, closing the door behind her.)
LULU. (Pleased.) Dear heart, you can save me from death to-night.
GESCHWITZ. How?
LULU. By going to a certain house with the acrobat.
GESCHWITZ. What for, dear?