LOTH
Helen! Were you in earnest a while ago?
HELEN
Oh, I am so ashamed—so deeply ashamed. What have I done? Why, I've thrown myself at you. That's what I've done. I wonder what you take me for?
LOTH
[Draws nearer to her and takes her hand in his.] Ah, you mustn't let that trouble you.
HELEN
[Sighing.] Oh, if Sister Schmittgen knew of that—I dare not imagine it.
LOTH
Who is Sister Schmittgen?