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In a parlor adjoined to a room in a seaside resort hotel, Adolph, an artist, is sculpting a small nude female figure. He is joined by his new friend, Gustav, who has been staying at the hotel for a week, fortuitously just as Adolph’s wife has been away. He has encouraged Adolph to turn his back on life’s work as a painter and pursue sculpture instead. Adolph initially struggled to cope while Tekla was away and has relied upon Gustav heavily. He is passionately in love with his wife and his
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ADOLPH. [At work on a wax figure on a miniature modelling stand; his crutches are placed beside him]---and for all this I have to thank you!
GUSTAV. [Smoking a cigar] Oh, nonsense!
ADOLPH. Why, certainly! During the first days after my wife had gone, I lay helpless on a sofa and did nothing but long for her. It was as if she had taken away my crutches with her, so
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