Otto
He does not ask for other victims, but his orders are.... No, I can’t say it, I daren’t say it, to you!
Isabelle
But what is it that he wants? Do speak, speak, tell us! Why all this mystery? What can you say, worse than already is? If I lose my father, I shall have nothing left to lose.
The Burgomaster
She is right; it is cruel of you to keep her on tenterhooks like this. You see how upset she is. Say what you have to say; tell us. You cannot add much to what we know already.
Otto
You are right. Very well, he orders, he demands that I myself shall command the firing-party.
Isabelle
The firing-party, the men who are to shoot my father?