Chess from Wuthenow

"'Until tomorrow' are the farewell words of the young cavalry captain as he leaves Victoire de Carayon in her salon on Berlin's Behrenstrasse. However, he does not return the next day or any of the following days. When the mother learns that Victoire is expecting a child, all her actions and intentions are focused on legitimizing the relationship. Schach, a man of honor and duty, hesitates in his vanity to marry the 'beauty who has gone through purgatory.' The end comes swiftly. After the marriage is personally ordered by the king, Schach leaves his wife once more with the words 'Until tomorrow.' But there is no tomorrow for him. He shoots himself before he reaches his apartment. The immediate shift from happiness to despair, from inner peace to outer destruction creates a drama of oppressive relentlessness.".