And if you meet Robert—
PASTOR.
I shall be the first one to congratulate the new proprietor of
Düsterwalde.
STEIN.
And today you bring them all along—the old man, the boys, the mother and the bride. Then[advances to the pastor at the door], as a preliminary celebration we'll crack a bottle of my oldest Johannisberger. But what is the matter out there? Who comes rushing up the stairs?
[At the door.] What has happened?
SCENE IX
The same: MÖLLER, then BASTIAN.
MÖLLER (comes in, beside himself).
Horrible! Horrible!