wait! Leave the steamship here a moment. I'll have to show you how it works. . . . The automobile is quite simple, but the ship has a rather complicated mechanism. . . . I'll explain it to you before I go home. [Adolf puts the steamship under the down-stage end of the counter at right, then exits through the archway with the remaining packages. Juhasz turns to Adele.] Forgive me. . . . My god-son, you know.
Adele—[Who has been weeping silently.] Peter, if you only knew how sorry I am.
Juhasz—I'm afraid I made it harder for you . . . but I have a headache . . . and everything came at once. . . . I'm sorry . . . but you were a bit cruel.
Adele—Kill me, Peter.
Juhasz—But you were honest with me . . . you couldn't be anything else. And yet I think it would have been less painful to me . . . if you had simply betrayed me.
Adele—I can't betray you, Peter. I respect you too much. [Weeping.] Don't ask me to do that.
Juhasz—You want to become another man's wife. How can I prevent you? Go, if you must. He is surely a better man than
Adele—No, no!
Juhasz—But you are leaving me for him.
Adele—You are a much better man . . . and yet . . . I can't explain [**in this page, there are some hanging em dashes.. but I felt that they are to be present as this is a play.. Please let me know about whether I did right thing or not.]
