Gerardo [jumping up, running to the door and colliding with the manager of the hotel]. Send for the police! I must be arrested! If I went away now I should be a brute, and if I stay I break my contract. I still have [looking at his watch] one minute and ten seconds.
Manager. Fred, run and get a policeman.
Bell Boy. All right, sir.
Manager. Be quick about it. [To Gerardo.] Don't take it too hard, sir. Those things happen once in a while.
Gerardo [kneeling before Helen's body and taking her hand]. Helen!... She still lives—she still lives! If I am arrested I am not wilfully breaking my contract.... And my trunks? Is the carriage at the door?
Manager. It has been waiting twenty minutes, Mr. Gerardo. [He opens the door for the porter, who takes down one of the trunks.]
Gerardo [bending over her]. Helen! [To himself.] Well, after all.... [To Muller.] Have you called a doctor?
Manager. Yes, we had the doctor called at once. He will be here at any minute.
Gerardo [holding her under the arms]. Helen! Don't you know me any more? Helen! The doctor will be here right away, Helen. This is your Oscar.
Bell Boy [appearing in the door at the center]. Can't find any policeman, sir.