Alquist. Well?
Domin. (Front of couch) I wanted to turn the whole of mankind into an aristocracy of the world. An aristocracy nourished by millions of mechanical slaves. Unrestricted, free and consummated in man. And maybe more than man.
Alquist. Superman?
Domin. Yes. Oh, only to have a hundred years of time. Another hundred years for the future of mankind.
Busman. (Sotto voce) Carried forward—four hundred and twenty millions. (Domin sits on couch.)
Hallemeier. (Pauses—back of couch) What a fine thing music is. We ought to have gone in for that before.
Fabry. Gone in for what?
Hallemeier. Beauty, lovely things. What a lot of lovely things there are. The world was wonderful, and we—we here—tell me, what enjoyment did we have?
Busman. (Sotto voce) Five hundred and twenty million.
Hallemeier. Life was a good thing, life was— (Looking out of window. Directly to Fabry) Fabry, switch the current into that railing.