ALVA. LULU. In two minutes the police'll be here. We are denounced. You can stay of course, if you're eager to! LULU. ALVA. (Springing up.) Merciful Heaven! (Exeunt Alva and Lulu.) ALVA. KADIDIA. (Shaking her mother, in tears.) Mama, Mama! Wake up! They've all run away! KADIDIA. MAGELONE. (Coming to herself.) And youth gone! And my best days gone! Oh, this life! MAGELONE. KADIDIA. But I'm young, mama! Why shouldn't I earn any money? I don't want to go back to the convent! Please, mama, keep me with you! KADIDIA. MAGELONE. God bless you, sweetheart! You don't know what you say—Oh, no, I shall look around for an engagement in a Varieté, and sing the people my misfortunes [Pg 57] with the Jungfrau-stock. Things like that are always applauded. MAGELONE. [Pg 57] KADIDIA. But you've got no voice, mama! KADIDIA. MAGELONE. Ah, yes, that's true! MAGELONE. KADIDIA. Take me with you to the Varieté! KADIDIA.
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