"It isn't enough; I shall teach them to talk differently."
"Very well. Go into every house, to every man and every woman, and tell them to think differently. But there's one thing you can do. Shall I tell you what it is?"
Irma nodded a silent assent.
"I know that the intendant sued for your hand last summer. He would feel it an honor to be able to call you his wife. Make up your mind to accept him."
A servant entered and announced the intendant.
"What a strange coincidence! Make up your mind at once."
The intendant entered. Bruno greeted him most cordially, and Irma's welcome was a friendly one.
Bruno soon took his leave. The intendant handed Irma a manuscript play and requested her to read it and give him her opinion of it. She accepted it with thanks, and laid it on a table.
"Ah, when spring returns, I shall not care to hear the theater mentioned. Our theater is a winter plant."
"This piece is intended for next winter."