Seldom indeed could this thing be allowed;

For ’twould be terrible if aye the seer

Could see the inner being of men’s souls.

Did I see truly?—or could it have been

Illusion let me dream another’s soul?

I must enquire from Johannes himself.

(Capesius approaches Johannes, who now notices him for the first time.)

Johannes:

Capesius—I thought thee far from here.

Capesius: