Enter, the SECRETARY.
SECRETARY.
Good day!
CLARA (seizes a chair to keep from falling).
He! Oh, if only he had not come back!
SECRETARY. Your father is not at home?
CLARA.
No!
SECRETARY.
I bring you good news. Your brother—No, Clara, I cannot talk to you in this formal way. All these tables, chairs, and cupboards that I know so well—Good day, old friend!