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Rh Leave me alone, leave me alone! Good God, for half a billion anything can be bought.

[He rushes from the room through the outer door.]

They stand there as if turned to stone, waiting. As if something dreadful could be wrought by their silence

The spirit of the mob.

Yes,. [sic] It hovers above them like a quivering of the air.

[Going to window]: Oh, God! Dr. Gall, this is ghastly.

There is nothing more terrible than the mob. The one in front is their leader.

Which one?