RITA. Would you?
ALLMERS. Yes—if I were only sure I could.
RITA. [Hesitatingly.] But then you would have to remain here.
ALLMERS. [Softly.] Let us try if it could not be so.
RITA. [Almost inaudibly.] Yes, let us, Alfred.
[Both are silent. Then ALLMERS goes up to the flagstaff and hoists the flag to the top. RITA stands beside the summer-house and looks at him in silence.]
ALLMERS. [Coming forward again.] We have a heavy day of work before us, Rita.
RITA. You will see—that now and then a Sabbath peace will descend on us.
ALLMERS. [Quietly, with emotion.] Then, perhaps, we shall know that the spirits are with us.
RITA. [Whispering.] The spirits?