Back in the village, Alphonse is waiting for the doctor. He's about to say good-bye to his family and friends, including albert and joseph. He tells them to take care of the factory, which he's been running for the last fifty years. He also says goodbye to his friend, arsenius, and tells him not to say such things. He says that they'll all be alone now, and that he has always loved the mountains with all his heart. He thanks his wife for bringing him a baby, and says that aldo, the peddler, will bring him good fortune. He wants to know if he can buy some combs, buttons, ribbons, and ointments from him, and he says that he'll give them to aldo for five p.fennigs. He asks if the professor is a prostitute, and the professor says he is, and then he asks if she is a mad lady, and she says she is. She says that she's the conqueror and that it's time for the village people to be taken care of.