ELEONORA. Me, me!
BENJAMIN. Let me go to the police—
ELIS. Hush, Benjamin, hush.
ELEONORA. No, I'll go—I'll go.
ELIS. Quiet, children. Here comes mother.
[Mrs. Heyst enters R., takes Eleonora in her arms and kisses her tenderly.]
MRS. HEYST [Stirred]. My dear, dear child! You have come back to your mother and you shall stay with me.
ELEONORA. You kiss me, mother? You haven't kissed me in years. Why just now?
MRS. HEYST. Why, because now—because the florist is out there and asks pardon for making all this fuss.—The money has been found, and your card and—
[Eleonora springs into the arms of Elis and kisses him. Then she goes to Benjamin and kisses him quickly on the forehead.]