The time that will come later.
Otto
I don’t understand you. Here you are talking like our worst enemies!
The Burgomaster
Do you expect me to be one of your friends? Would you insult me by numbering me among those who.... But I won’t say what I was going to say, it’s better not.... This incident has unnerved me. For I know that I am responsible and that if any unpleasantness occurs, it will be on my head.
Otto
I hear footsteps outside the house. (Going to the balcony-window and opening it.) Is that you, Sergeant Hartung? What is it?
The Sergeant
(In the garden below, unseen.) I don’t know, sir. I saw Lieutenant von Schaunberg go that way.
Otto