(Covering her face.)

Merciful heavens!

SCENE FOURTH.

The House of Correction.—A corridor.—Diethelm, Rheinhold, Ruprecht, Helmuth, Gaston and Melchior.

Diethelm.

Here is a twenty pfennig piece!

Rheinhold.

What shall we do with it?

Diethelm.

I will lay it on the floor. Arrange yourselves about it. Who can get it can keep it.