Thekla. There are no limits to my keenness, as you see. And my heart is open to the whole world, great and small, beautiful and ugly. I love the whole world.
Adolf.[Standing up.] Do you know what that means?
Thekla. No, I don’t know, I only feel.
Adolf. It means that old age has arrived.
Thekla. Are you starting on that again now? Take care!
Adolf. You take care!
Thekla. What of?
Adolf. Of this knife. [Goes toward her.]
Thekla.[Flippantly.] Little brother shouldn’t play with such dangerous toys. [She passes by him behind the sofa.]
Adolf. I’m not playing any longer.