Allmers.
[Bitterly.] Do you mean that marriage has so irreparably ruined me?
Asta.
[Quietly] No, that is not what I mean.
Allmers.
Well, then we two will live our old life over again.
Asta.
[With decision.] We cannot, Alfred.
Allmers.
Yes, we can. For the love of a brother and sister——