Adr. For what crime?
Orl. For crime sufficient.
Adr. I insist upon knowing.
Orl. You will know soon enough—in the next world. They say everything is known there.
Soph. He is ashamed to tell you. You are arrested as chief instigator in the burning of Yaltowa.
Adr. Is it possible?
Soph. More than possible. It is so. That is the crime you will die for unless you are rescued by a rising of the people.
Adr. That must not be!
Orl. Don't worry. We are giving your friends enough to think about.
[Sophie has gradually neared the door. Orloff steps before her]