hessler leaves them, announcing that he is off to find a rich widow—his next victim. he is proud of having escaped cambreau’s net and disdains cambreau’s salvation, bidding him a mocking au revoir. cambreau gravely replies that they will not meet again. once outside, hessler pauses and looks back, struggling against belief and then, grimacing demonically, slinks off into the night as a storm begins.