AGATHA.
Ah! If we were alone——
MR. ANHALT.
Good neighbours, will you leave us alone for a few minutes? I have something to say to this poor woman.
COTTAGER.
Wife, do you hear? Come along with me. [Exeunt Cottager and his Wife.]
MR. ANHALT.
Now——
AGATHA.
Before I tell you who I am, what I am, and what I was——I must beg to ask—Are you of this country?
MR. ANHALT.
No—I was born in Alsace.
AGATHA.
Did you know the late rector personally, whom you have succeeded?
MR. ANHALT.
No.
AGATHA.
Then you are not acquainted with my narrative?
MR. ANHALT.
Should I find you to be the person whom I have long been in search of, your history is not altogether unknown to me.