HAGEN. But I don't seem to get hold of it very well. I think it's the job for you.
GER. How do you mean?
HAGEN. I'm getting ready to introduce Morality into Nibelheim.
GER. What?
HAGEN. [Playfully.] You remember you talked to me about it a long time ago. And now I've come to your way of thinking. Suppose I gave you a chance to civilize the place, to teach those wretched creatures to love beauty and virtue?
GER. It would depend upon what your motive was in inviting me.
HAGEN. My Motive? What has that to do with it? Virtue is virtue, is it not?... No matter what I think about it?
GER. Yes.
HAGEN. And virtue is its own reward?
GER. Perhaps so.