Rhoda.

Oh, yes!

Michaelis.

There are no words to tell of it.

Rhoda.

Yet tell me. I need to know. Believe me, I need to know!

Michaelis.

Slowly, groping for his words.

It was one morning in the fourth spring. We were back in the mountains again. It was lambing time, and I had been up all night. Just before sunrise, I sat down on a rock to rest. Then—it came.

Rhoda.