Doctor.
Tell them what passed, Otto.
Otto.
It was in the Park. I had been waiting to see if
she would come out for her usual walk. At last she
came. She pretended not to see me, so I stepped
up to her. "Leave me," she said. "I can't speak
to you."
Others.
Ah!
Otto.
I thought she was afraid of being seen from the
windows of the house, so I fell back a step or two
and spoke to her from behind.
Hoffmann.
What did you say?
Otto.
"The Council of the Club are to meet to-night,"
I said. "They want you to be present." "I can't
listen to you," she answered. "It's urgent—imperative. You must come," I said, and still she tried to get away.
Others.
So?
Otto.
But when I said the Club was to meet as a Court
to try the Minister, and it would be life or death to
him, she consented. "At what time?" she asked.
"Nine o'clock," I told her. "I'll be there," she
said.
