Ṣẹ̀dá àdàkọ tí ó díjú jùlọ nínú gbólóhùn yìí Bàbá Reder, àlùfáà kan tí nọ́ọ̀sì kan pè dé láti fún aláìsàn náà ní ẹ̀jẹ̀ ìkẹyìn ṣùgbọ́n Bernhardi kò gbà á wọlé.
Òtítọ́ ni pé, àdàkọ tí ó díjú jùlọ nínú gbólóhùn náà ni "Father Reder, a priest summoned by a nurse arrives to give the patient the last rites, but Bernhardi refuses him admission wishing to spare her the anguish she would suffer were she to realize that she is about to die".