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Magda 73
Magda s father is scandalized at her mode of
life: what will people say if the daughter of the
distinguished officer stops at a hotel, associates
with men without a chaperon, and is wined and
dined away from her home? Magda is finally
prevailed upon to remain with her parents. She
consents on condition that they should not pry
into her life, that they should not soil and be
smirch her innermost being. But that is expect
ing the impossible from a provincial environment.
It is not that her people really question; but they
insinuate, they speak with looks and nods; burn
ing curiosity to unearth Magda s life is in the very
air.
Schwartze. I implore you Come here, my child
nearer so I implore you let me be happy in my
dying hour. Tell me that you have remained pure in
body and soul, and then go with my blessing on your way.
Magda. I have remained true to myself, dear
father.
Schwartze. How? In good or in ill?
Magda. In what for me was good.
Schwartze. I love you with my whole heart, because
I have sorrowed for you so long. But I must know
who you are.
Among the townspeople who come to pay
homage to Magda is Councillor von Keller. In
his student days he belonged to the bohemian set
and was full of advanced ideas. At that period
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