Act 3 Summary

This act also consists of a single extended scene, and is set in the same place as Act 1 Scene 1 - under the bridge. The Two Young Men are again waiting, playing a game of chance as they keep an eye on the apartment and the street. Trock comes out of the apartment and speaks to them in low tones that can't be understood. Trock goes out in one direction, the Young Men go out in another. We understand that the action here is taking place as the action inside the apartment at the end of Act 2 is ending.

Mio comes out of the apartment, followed shortly by Miriamne. Mio talks about feeling claustrophobic in the apartment and wanting to die in the open air. Miriamne suggests that Lucia, the piano man, might be able to give him refuge. Mio talks about how her...