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’
Alone
with
his
sister
,
the
Baron
speaks
out
plainly
.
"
Our
affairs
,
"
he
says
,
"
are
in
a
desperate
condition
,
and
must
find
a
desperate
remedy
.
Wait
for
me
here
,
while
I
make
inquiries
about
my
Lord
.
You
have
evidently
produced
a
strong
impression
on
him
.
If
we
can
turn
that
impression
into
money
,
no
matter
at
what
sacrifice
,
the
thing
must
be
done
.
"
’
The
Countess
now
occupies
the
stage
alone
,
and
indulges
in
a
soliloquy
which
develops
her
character
.
’
It
is
at
once
a
dangerous
and
attractive
character
.
Immense
capacities
for
good
are
implanted
in
her
nature
,
side
by
side
with
equally
remarkable
capacities
for
evil
.
It
rests
with
circumstances
to
develop
either
the
one
or
the
other
.
Being
a
person
who
produces
a
sensation
wherever
she
goes
,
this
noble
lady
is
naturally
made
the
subject
of
all
sorts
of
scandalous
reports
.
To
one
of
these
reports
(
which
falsely
and
abominably
points
to
the
Baron
as
her
lover
instead
of
her
brother
)
she
now
refers
with
just
indignation
.
She
has
just
expressed
her
desire
to
leave
Homburg
,
as
the
place
in
which
the
vile
calumny
first
took
its
rise
,
when
the
Baron
returns
,
overhears
her
last
words
,
and
says
to
her
,
"
Yes
,
leave
Homburg
by
all
means
;
provided
you
leave
it
in
the
character
of
my
Lord
’
s
betrothed
wife
!
"
’
The
Countess
is
startled
and
shocked
.
She
protests
that
she
does
not
reciprocate
my
Lord
’
s
admiration
for
her
.
She
even
goes
the
length
of
refusing
to
see
him
again
.
The
Baron
answers
,
"
I
must
positively
have
command
of
money
.
Take
your
choice
,
between
marrying
my
Lord
’
s
income
,
in
the
interest
of
my
grand
discovery
—
or
leave
me
to
sell
myself
and
my
title
to
the
first
rich
woman
of
low
degree
who
is
ready
to
buy
me
.
"
’
The
Countess
listens
in
surprise
and
dismay
.
Is
it
possible
that
the
Baron
is
in
earnest
?
He
is
horribly
in
earnest
.
"
The
woman
who
will
buy
me
,
"
he
says
,
"
is
in
the
next
room
to
us
at
this
moment
.
She
is
the
wealthy
widow
of
a
Jewish
usurer
.
She
has
the
money
I
want
to
reach
the
solution
of
the
great
problem
.
I
have
only
to
be
that
woman
’
s
husband
,
and
to
make
myself
master
of
untold
millions
of
gold
.
Take
five
minutes
to
consider
what
I
have
said
to
you
,
and
tell
me
on
my
return
which
of
us
is
to
marry
for
the
money
I
want
,
you
or
I
.
"
’
As
he
turns
away
,
the
Countess
stops
him
.
’
All
the
noblest
sentiments
in
her
nature
are
exalted
to
the
highest
pitch
.
"
Where
is
the
true
woman
,
"
she
exclaims
,
"
who
wants
time
to
consummate
the
sacrifice
of
herself
,
when
the
man
to
whom
she
is
devoted
demands
it
?
She
does
not
want
five
minutes
—
she
does
not
want
five
seconds
—
she
holds
out
her
hand
to
him
,
and
she
says
,
Sacrifice
me
on
the
altar
of
your
glory
!
Take
as
stepping
-
stones
on
the
way
to
your
triumph
,
my
love
,
my
liberty
,
and
my
life
!
"
’
On
this
grand
situation
the
curtain
falls
.
Judging
by
my
first
act
,
Mr
.
Westwick
,
tell
me
truly
,
and
don
’
t
be
afraid
of
turning
my
head
:
—
Am
I
not
capable
of
writing
a
good
play
?
’
