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Rh [He rises and goes to the window]: Night again! Are the stars still there? What is the use of stars when there are no human beings?

[He turns from the window toward the couch right]: Sleep! Dare I sleep before life has been renewed?

[He examines a test-tube on small table]: Again nothing! Useless! Everything is useless!

[''He shatters the test-tube. The roar of the machines comes to his ears.'']: The machines! Always the machines!

[Opens window]: Robots, stop them! Do you think to force life out of them?

[He closes the window and comes slowly down toward the table]: If only there were more time—more time

[He sees himself in the mirror on the wall left]: Blearing eyes—trembling chin—so that is the last man! Ah, I am too old—too old

[In desperation]: No, no! I must find it! I must search! I must never stop—never stop!