SCHIGOLCH. [Pg 48] LULU. (Crying.) Take me home with you! Take me home with you to-night! Please! We'll find carriages enough downstairs! LULU. SCHIGOLCH. I'll take you with me; I'll take you with me.—What is it? SCHIGOLCH. LULU. It's going round my neck! I'm to be shown up! LULU. SCHIGOLCH. By who? Who's showing you up? SCHIGOLCH. LULU. The acrobat. LULU. SCHIGOLCH. (With the utmost composure.) I'll look after him. SCHIGOLCH. LULU. Look after him! Please, look after him! Then do with me what you will! LULU. Please SCHIGOLCH. If he comes to me, he's done for. My window is over the water. But (shaking his head) he won't come; he won't come. SCHIGOLCH. LULU. What number do you live at?