Dorfling declined the offers his friends made to accompany him home.

They all wished him "Farewell." "Die well, would be a better wish," replied Dorfling, and with these strange words in their ears they left him.
Schrotter and Wilhelm went a part of the way with Paul, who had the furthest to go.

For a little while he was silent, then he broke out: "I declare this is beyond my comprehension.

The whole time I was there I felt as if I were in a vault with a lot of ghosts.

You, Herr Doctor, were the only living being among them; I breathed again when I heard you talking.