[To Rheinhardt.] What?
Nurse re-enters with case.
Rheinhardt.
Ach! [Throws up his hands, suggesting no hope.
[The Punkah Boy has during this slipped across the stage to the place where Carlyon dropped the knife. Vera and Adene gaze at one another across the body.
Nurse.
Ah, what is that boy doing?
Adene.
He is kissing the knife that Carlyon threw away.