[Hardly.] It is quenched—in one of us.

Rita.

[As if petrified.] And you dare say that to me!

Allmers.

[More gently.] It is dead, Rita. But in what I now feel for you—in our common guilt and need of atonement—I seem to foresee a sort of resurrection——

Rita.

[Vehemently.] I don’t care a bit about any resurrection!

Allmers.

Rita!

Rita.