ALBERT
It is not wise to let people know what they mean to you. I have put this thought into an aphorism:
If you grasp me, you rasp me;
If I know you, I own you.
MARIE (entering from the garden with little Peter)
Peter wants me absolutely to come in. I wanted to wait for Cecilia in the garden.
AMADEUS
How are you, Marie?
MARIE
I'm not disturbing you, I hope?