Paul (looks at her). Really?

Antoinette. It does not matter to me, whether it comes today or tomorrow. Sometime I shall have to go! So the quicker the better. It is all over with me!

Paul. Antoinette!

Antoinette. You may believe me, I am quite serious!

Paul (completely absorbed, as he looks at her). How calmly you say that! In the very bloom of life! I cannot think of you thus.

Antoinette. How?

Paul. Cold and dead.

Antoinette. But I can. Very well indeed. I am so now!

Paul. That isn't true, Antoinette. Your eyes tell a different story!

Antoinette (shrugging her shoulders). Never mind my eyes!