BASTIAN.
Toward evening he went to the blast-furnace.
STEIN.
Hasn't Robert been home again since noon?
BASTIAN.
Mr. Robert made preparations for a journey, and then went away with
Katharine, the Steward's daughter.
[STEIN makes a sign of dismissal. Exit BASTIAN.]
STEIN.
And the pastor—he might have been back long ago.
BASTIAN (at the door). The pastor.