BELLMAUS. I'll look out, old tom-cat.—Come along Schmock!
[BELLMAUS and SCHMOCK leave.]
BOLZ. We might as well separate, too.
KÄMPE. I'll go and see how people feel. If I need you I'll look you up.
BOLZ. I had better not show myself much. I'll stay around here.
[Exit KÄMPE.]
Alone at last!
[Goes to centre door.]
There stands the Colonel, closely surrounded. It is she! She is here, and I have to lie in hiding like a fox under the leaves.—But she has falcon eyes,—perhaps—the throng disperses—she is walking through the hall arm-in-arm with Ida—(Excitedly.) They are drawing nearer! (Irritably.) Oh, bother! There is Korb rushing toward me! And just now!
Enter KORB.