Hindes. And now?—Nothing. As you see, Berman never loved you. If it hadn't been for that unfortunate, ambiguous, absolutely botched, simply idiotic sentence....
Fanny [softly]. Hindes, I feel that I no longer care to live.
Hindes. Folly!
Fanny. I feel as if my heart had been torn in two. My soul is empty, desolate ... as if an abyss had opened before me.... What have I now in life for? I can live no longer!
Hindes. Folly! Nonsense!
Fanny. I have already lived my life....
Hindes. Absurd!
Fanny [resolutely]. I know what I'm talking about, and I know what to do.
[Silence.]
Hindes [regarding her closely. With blunt emphasis]. You're thinking now over what death you shall choose.