FELIX (looking around with a smile)
Well, this is not a prison.... Really, the garden has turned out quite pretty. How bare it looked when we were children.—What's that? A row of peach trees? That doesn't look bad at all.
JOHANNA
One of Dr. Reumann's ideas.
FELIX
Yes, I should have guessed it.
JOHANNA
Why?
FELIX
Because I can't believe any member of our family capable of such a useful inspiration. What are his chances anyhow?—I mean in regard to that professorship at Gratz?