"Yes, my dear," replied he, "your angelic disposition and patience are well known."
He well understood the smile with which his wife had accompanied her words.
"Good Fabian, you know how to appreciate your wife!"
"Sweet Ulgenie!"
Gottlieb glanced from his aunt to his uncle.
"Strange people these," thought he. "I think they are playing bo-peep with each other, or perhaps they are blinding me; well, I care not; so long as they do not disturb me, I will not meddle with their affairs."