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: