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.