ROBERT.
I just came from the forester; he referred me to you.
STEIN.
I can do nothing. And now leave me in peace.
ROBERT.
You will do nothing toward a reconciliation?
STEIN.
Nothing, unless he yields. And now go your ways.
ROBERT.
If you will do nothing toward a reconciliation I shall never again cross his threshold. Andrew and I have become mortal enemies. Perhaps this very day I shall face him in an encounter for life and death. Come what may, I have done everything I was able to do. Father, no blame can attach to me. If a catastrophe takes place—you could have prevented it, the forester could have prevented it. Mary is mine, and neither you nor the forester shall take her from me.