Fritz!!

Augusta (opens the door L., starts back).

Father!

[Mrs Buchner goes off backwards through the left door, her eyes fixed on Dr Scholz.

Dr Scholz.

Yes, yes, yes, it’s I. But first of all—is Friebe there?

Friebe (peeping through kitchen door, starts—coming forward).

The doctor! (He rushes to him and seizes and kisses both his hands.) Now, would anyone have believed it!

Dr Scholz.

St!—Just go and see—see that the house door is shut.