Spacious and delicious living room, tastefully furnished and upholstered in dark colors. All around the living room, numerous bouquets in vases and jars. Morning light. The sun shines through the balcony door.

Juliane Tesman, with a hat and a sun umbrella, enters from the hallway, followed by Berta. Miss Tesman is a woman of about sixty-five, with a pleasant and kind-hearted appearance. Berta is a middle-aged servant with a plain and somewhat rustic appearance.

Tesman enters humming. He is a thirty-three-year-old man of medium height, with a youthful look, slightly plump, with a round, hearty, and cheerful face, blond hair, and a beard.

Edna comes in from the left side through the back room. She is a twenty-nine-year-old woman. Her face and figure exude elegance and nobility. Her skin has a somewhat pale hue. A cold and bright tranquility is expressed in her eyes, which have the gray color of steel. Her hair has a nice brown color, but it is not exceptionally thick.