MAJOR. FRAU VON DROSSE. AGNES.

(Agnes hurries to her, and leads her to a chair, then goes over to the Major, who, with heaving breast is lost in thought.)

Frau von Drosse.

Thank you, my darling!--Already, I am quite well again!... God, the boy! How handsome he looked! And so brown and so healthy.... You see, I saw him exactly like that last night.... No, that is no illusion! And I told you how the Emperor led him in among all the generals! And the emperor said (More softly, looking far away with a beatific smile.) And the Emperor said----

CURTAIN.

III

[THE ETERNAL MASCULINE]

A PLAY IN ONE ACT

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