Minna von Barnhelm

SCENE II

Major von Tellheim

MAJ. T.

How do I feel!… My whole soul has acquired a new impulse. My own unhappiness bowed me to the ground; made me fretful, short-sighted, shy, careless: her unhappiness raises me. I see clearly again, and feel myself ready and capable of undertaking anything for her sake.

Why do I tarry?

(Is going towards Minna's room, when Franziska comes out of it.)