Oh, but there's not the slightest danger, Walburga! You're seeing ghosts by broad daylight.
WALBURGA
When the plain clothes man came up to you and looked at us and you asked him who he was and he showed his badge under his coat, I assure you, at that moment, the stairs and the hall suddenly began to go around with me.
SPITTA
They're looking for a criminal, Walburga. It is a so-called raid that is going on here, a kind of man hunt such as the criminal police is at times obliged to undertake.
WALBURGA
And you can believe me, too, Erich, that I heard papa's voice. He was talking quite loudly to some one.
SPITTA
You are nervous. You may have been mistaken.