Yes, Hoffmann.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
You don't know him. I don't believe that he has ruined her already, but he has ruined her reputation even now.
LOTH
[Flaring up.] If that's true, I'll murder…! D'you really believe that? Do you think Hoffmann capable…?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
Of anything! I think him capable of anything that might contribute to his own pleasure.
LOTH
Then she is—the purest creature that ever breathed …
LOTH slowly takes up his hat and cane and hangs his mallet over his shoulder.