You told her!—unhappy girl! Now for the first time I quite understand—
CARL (rushes in).
Father! Father! There is somebody lying in the well! If only it is not—
ANTONY.
The long ladder! Hooks! Ropes! Why do you delay? Quick! Even were it the bailiff!
CARL.
Everything is already there! The neighbors arrived before me! If only it is not Clara!—
ANTONY.
Clara?
[He grasps the table.]