NICKLAUSSE.

That she is dead.


HOFFMAN.

Great Heavens!


NICKLAUSSE.

Or is not of this life.


HOFFMAN (exalted).

Nicklausse! I am beloved by her!
Loved! By all the gods.


COPPÉLIUS (entering, furious).

Thief! brigand! what a tumble!
Elias is bankrupt!
But I shall find the opportunity
To revenge myself... Robbed!... Me!
I'll kill somebody.

(Coppelius slips into Olympia's room.)