Perhaps this is not the time. Perhaps you are not ready.

Michaelis.

What does that matter? He is ready.

He points at the map.

Rhoda.

Gazing at the map, with mystic conviction.

You will succeed! You must succeed!

He paces the room. She stops him, pointing toward the hall door.

How is the child?

He hesitates. She repeats the words anxiously.