CONSUL [Speaking slowly] I got to the depot with Gerda—and at the ticket-office I discovered him and Agnes——
MASTER. So Agnes was with him?
CONSUL. And so was the child!—Gerda stayed outside, and I went up to them. At that moment he was handing Agnes the tickets, but when she discovered that they were for third class she threw them in his face and walked out to the cab-stand.
MASTER. Ugh!
CONSUL. As soon as I had established a connection with the man, Gerda hurried up and got hold of the child, disappearing with it in the crowd——
MASTER. What did the man have to say?
CONSUL. Oh, you know—when you come to hear the other side—and so on.
MASTER. I want to hear it. Of course, he isn't as bad as we thought—he has his good sides——
CONSUL. Exactly!
MASTER. I thought so! But you don't want me to sit here listening to eulogies of my enemy?