Wilhelm.

Indeed I am not tottering, Major.

Major.

Well, come on, Stephan! (Exeunt Major, Stephan, through the garden door.)

FOURTH SCENE.

AGNES. WILHELM. Afterward LIEUTENANT VON HALLERPFORT.

Wilhelm (softly).

Fräulein, just now as I went out, Lieutenant von Hallerpfort was standing there and wished to speak with Fräulein, privately. Neither the master nor the mistress is to know anything of it ... God, Fräulein is deadly pale!

Agnes.

Ask the lieutenant to come in, and keep a lookout, if my aunt comes.