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Asta.
[Shocked.] Alfred,—you are doing Rita a great wrong!
Allmers.
I have done her a great wrong. But not in this. Oh, think of it, Asta—think of our life together, yours and mine. Was it not like one long holy-day from first to last?
Asta.
Yes, it was, Alfred. But we can never live it over again.
Allmers.
[Bitterly.] Do you mean that marriage has so irreparably ruined me?
Asta.
[Quietly] No, that is not what I mean.
Allmers.
Well, then we two will live our old life over again.
Asta.
[With decision.] We cannot, Alfred.
Allmers.
Yes, we can. For the love of a brother and sister
Asta.
[Eagerly.] What of it?
Allmers.
That is the only relation in life that is not subject to the law of change.
