[Sobbing.] Your child! Magdalene!
[Schwartze staggers, and is supported by the Pastor. Mrs. Schwartze cries out. A pause.]
SCHWARTZE.
Pastor?
HEFFTERDINGT.
It is true.
SCHWARTZE.
[Standing up.] Magdalene is no longer my child.
FRANZISKA.
Ah, just wait. If you listen, you'll look at it in quite another light. Such a child you will welcome with open arms.