MAGDA.
Oh, how thoughtful! [Takes the flowers with a laugh, and throws them on the table.]
VON KELLER.
[In embarrassment.] I--I see with sorrow that you resent this approach on my part. Have I in any way been wanting in the necessary delicacy? In these narrow circles a meeting could not have been avoided. I think it is better, my dearest friend, that we should come to an understanding,--that we should know the relations--