Friedrich: Yes, nothing lies in the way. And your mother will be overjoyed.
Rita: Nay, nay.
Friedrich: How well that you have taken a different name.
Rita: Ah, that is it. Yes, I believe that. Then they know that I am Rita Revera.
Friedrich: I wrote them. They will receive you with open arms. Erna! I beg of you! I entreat you; come with me! It is still time. To-day. You cannot know, but anybody from Rudolstadt who knows might come to the theatre and——
Rita (decidedly): No one from Rudolstadt will do that. They are too well trained for that. You see it by your own person. But go on! If I would care to, if I really would return—what then?
Friedrich: Then? Well, then, you would be in the midst of the family and society again—and then——
Rita: And then?
Friedrich: Then, after some time has elapsed and you feel at home and when all is forgotten, as though nothing had ever happened——
Rita: But a great deal has happened.