SOPHY (shaking her head). Your law? [Continues packing.]
I shall be obliged to go away with the children.
FORESTER (surprised).
You are going to—
SOPHY.
If you don't come to terms with Stein—
FORESTER.
If—
SOPHY.
You need not get angry, Ulrich. You cannot act otherwise, and neither can I. I do not reproach you; I say nothing, absolutely nothing. You persist in regarding as your enemy whoever counsels you to yield—and cousin Wilkens is going to disinherit the children if you remain obstinate, and if I and the children are not in his house by noon tomorrow. Under the circumstances I can do nothing but go in silence.