Mrs. Christensen. Oh, do not misunderstand me! I only mean that young girls are so easily agitated, and then they do not like to show themselves.
Riis. All the same, Mrs. Christensen, all the same! At such a moment as this, too!—You really must excuse me, I shall have no peace till I find out for myself what has happened! (Hurries out.)
Christensen. If Alfred had been here, I suppose he would have been running about all over the park after these females, too.
Mrs. Christensen. Really, my dear!
Christensen. Aren't we alone?
Mrs. Christensen. Yes, but still—!
Christensen. Well, I say, as a certain famous man said before me: "What the devil was he doing in that galley?"
Mrs. Christensen. Do have a moment's patience! It is really necessary.
Christensen. Bah! Necessary! Riis is more afraid of a rupture than any of us. Did you see him just now?
Mrs. Christensen. Yes, of course I did, but—