MRS. HENSCHEL
You're to leave the door open, Wilhelm, or I'll cry for help!
HENSCHEL
—Sh! Keep still! Did you hear? There's somethin' runnin' along the passage. D'you hear? Now it goes to the washstand. D'you hear the splashin'? She's standin' there an' washin' herself!
MRS. HENSCHEL
You! Wilhelm! You're dreamin'! The wash-stand is in here!
HENSCHEL
That's just it! I know very well! They can't deceive me. I know what I know, [Hurriedly.] That's all I say.—Come, come, let's go to bed. Time'll show.
[While he approaches the door of the next room, Mrs. HENSCHEL softly unlocks the door to the hall and slips out.