NICKLAUSSE.

She will break his head.

(Hoffman and Olympia re-appear. Nicklausse rushes to stop them.)

A thousand devils!

(He is violently struck and falls in an arm chair.)


THE CHORUS.

Patatra!...


SPALANZANI (jumping in).

Halt!

(He touches Olympia on the shoulder. She stops suddenly. Hoffman,
exhausted, falls on a sofa).

There!

(To Olympia) Enough, enough, my child.