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THE PRIME MINISTER
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Doctor.
[Stepping down.] What are you going to do, Otto?

Otto.
[Snatching up his cap and making for the door, R.] To find another way—that's what I'm going to do, uncle. I don't want Margaret's help now. I won't have it. That man robbed me of my father, and now he has robbed me of my sister also. I'll meet him on the Embankment. They may tear me to pieces if they like——

Doctor.
[Intervening.] No, no!

Margaret.
Wait!

Doctor.
Yes, wait! Give her time, Otto. Let her think.

Margaret.
It's the Minister's life, or Otto's, is it?

Doctor.
It is.

Margaret.
If Otto fails to carry out your purpose, his life will be forfeit—isn't that so?

Doctor.
That is so.

Margaret.
No matter how far he may fly away, his fate will follow him—he can never escape from it?