HELEN
And so you came upon him quite by chance.
LOTH
Yes, quite—and, what is more, in the very spot where I've got to pursue my investigations.
HELEN
Investigations in Witzdorf! In this wretched little hole. Ah, you're jesting. It isn't possible.
LOTH
You say: wretched? Yet there is a very unusual degree of wealth here.
HELEN
Oh, of course, in that respect….