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Krap (going to the door of BERNICK'S room and opening it
slightly): Excuse my bothering you again, Mr. Bernick; but there
is a tremendous storm blowing up. (Waits a moment, but there is
no answer.) Is the "Indian Girl" to sail, for all that? (After a
short pause, the following answer is heard.)
Bernick (from his room): The "Indian Girl" is to sail, for all
that.
(KRAP Shuts the door and goes out again to the right.)
ACT IV
(SCENE--The same room. The work-table has been taken away. It is
a stormy evening and already dusk. Darkness sets in as the
following scene is in progress. A man-servant is lighting the
chandelier; two maids bring in pots of flowers, lamps and
candles, which they place on tables and stands along the walls.
RUMMEL, in dress clothes, with gloves and a white tie, is
standing in the room giving instructions to the servants.)
Rummel: Only every other candle, Jacob. It must not look as if it
were arranged for the occasion--it has to come as a surprise, you
know. And all these flowers--? Oh, well, let them be; it will
probably look as if they stood there everyday. (BERNICK comes
out of his room.
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