ACT IV
SCENE I
Enter MELCHIOR and WENDLA.
MELCHIOR: What a noise inside. I don´t understand we spend so much time there. Here is a lot better.
WENDLA: You didn´t have to do this for me. You could stay inside.
MELCHIOR: But I wanted to go with you. Go to this place. Under this willow. To touch her living bark and listen to her singing. And this, I can do only with you.
WENDLA: That´s not true.
MELCHIOR: Because you make this place alive.
WENDLA: You didn´t wanna be with Moritz instead? You two are nearly inseparable. He´ll certainly miss you.
MELCHIOR: Moritz is able to have fun on his own too. He doesn´t need me. How should I say that I want to be with you?
WENDLA: Maybe this way.
MELCHIOR: I like to spend time with you.
WENDLA: Same for me.
MELCHIOR: More than with anybody else.
WENDLA: Even more than with Moritz?
MELCHIOR: Even more than with Moritz. I love you.
WENDLA: I love you, too.
MELCHIOR: May I?
MELCHIOR comes closer to WENDLA. She nods. He gets even closer and kisses her.
