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ld hold me back, if it only wanted. AMADEUS (_after a pause, brusquely_) But it doesn't want to ... it doesn't dare to want it. What sense could there be in it? Perhaps I might prove the stronger to-day--and the next time, perhaps--but sooner or later the day must come nevertheless, when I should suffer defeat. CECILIA Why?... It ought not to be necessary! AMADEUS And then, even if I remained victorious every time--could that be called happiness for which I must fight repeatedly and tremble all the time? Could that be called happiness in our case, who have known what is so much better?... No, Cecilia, our love should not be permitted to end in mutual distrust. I don't hold you, Cecilia, if you are attracted elsewhere--and you have known all the time that I would never hold you. CECILIA Maybe you are right, Amadeus. But is it pride alone that makes you let me slip away so easily? AMADEUS Is it love alone that brings you back when almost gone? (_Pause; he goes to the window_) CECILIA Why should we spoil these hours with bitterness, Amadeus? After all, we have nothing to reproach each other for. We have promised to be honest with each other, and _my_ word has been kept so far. AMADEUS And so has mine. If you want it, I can tell you exactly what I and the Countess talked of to-day, as I have always done. And for _me_, Cecilia, it will even be possible to recall the very words. CECILIA (_looking long at him_) I know enough. (_Pause_) AMADEUS (_walking to and fro until he stops some distance away from her_) And what next? CECILIA What next...? Perhaps it's just as well that our vacations are soon to begin. Then we may consider in peace, each one by himself, what is to come next. AMADEUS It seems almost as if both of us should have expected this very thing. We have made no common plans for the summer, although we have always done so before. CECILIA The best thing for me is probably to go with the boy to some quiet place in the Tirol ... as you and Albert suggested. AMADEUS Yes. CECILIA And you...? AMADEUS I...? I shall make that walking tour with Albert. I want to be scrambling about in the mountains once more. CECILIA And finally descend into some beautiful valley--is that what you mean? AMADEUS That--might happen. CECILIA (_dryly_) But _first_--we should have to bid each other definite good-by, as there is no return from _that_ place.
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