Rosmer. He knows now.

Kroll. We shall not let you slip out of our hands, Rosmer. We
shall compel you to come back to us again.

Rosmer. I shall never find myself there any more.

Kroll. We shall see. You are not the man to endure standing
alone.

Rosmer. I am not so entirely alone, even now. There are two of us
to bear the solitude together here.

Kroll. Ah! (A suspicion appears to cross his mind.) That too!
Beata's words!

Rosmer. Beata's?

Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). No, no--that was
odious of me. Forgive me.

Rosmer. What? What do you mean?

Kroll. Think no more about it. I am ashamed of it. Forgive me--and
good-bye. (Goes out by the door to the hall.)

Rosmer (following him). Kroll! We cannot end everything between
us like this. I will come and see you to-morrow.

Kroll (turning round in the hall). You shall not set your foot in