Mother: [Goes to door and calls.]
Amelia! Come. Arno has been called. [Amelia comes in. Each in turn embraces him, sadly, but bravely. Then the mother and sister gather together handkerchiefs, linen, writing-pad and pencil, and small necessaries.]
Arno:
I have only a few minutes.
Hedwig: [Tenderly.]
Arno, my little brother, oh, why—why must you go? You seem so young.
Arno:
I'm a man, like the others; don't forget that, Hedwig. Be brave—to help me to be brave.
[They sit on the settle.]
Hedwig: [Sighing.]