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 live in luxury well  here is money. Take it. [Forces it into her hand.] There! Close your hand Spend it while it lasts  and then  if you still want to go on living that way  it will be easy to get more money  too easy for a pretty girl like you But if you change your mind, Paula, if you change your mind, you can turn back  back to this ordinary life But if you took the Count's money, there could be no turning back Don't you see? For when a girl's honor is gone she can't turn back And you will want to turn back I am certain of that I know you, Paula You will want to turn back.

—[Deeply moved.] You would do this for me? You would give me everything you possess and ask nothing in return?

—[Throwing it off, with a whimsical smile.] Everything I possess? So it is. Let the Count do as much for you if he's such a cavalier. [ offers him the money, mutely.] No. We are going now we shall both make the noon train to Budapest You will not stay here with the Count I see it in your eyes  in your tears You are saved, little Paula,  saved from your own folly. [He has moved very close to her and has one hand on her shoulder when the