"I do not agree with you," said Frida, quietly, "I look more at the man, than at his rank. It may not be the same here, as with us, in Prussia; but in my father's house, we were intimate with several pächter families, why not here? Frau Nüssler seems to be a very nice woman."
"My inspector's sister. I cannot visit her; it would not be suitable."
"But the landlord Pomuchelskopp?"
"Of course; the man is a proprietor, is wealthy, is a deputy, as well as myself--"
"And is notorious, in the whole region, and his wife yet more so. No, Axel, I shall not visit there."
"My dear child----"
"No, Axel. If the pächter Nüssler had bought the Gurlitz estate, would he be another person, and would you visit him?"
"That has nothing to do with the case. I shall not visit the pächter," said Axel, angrily.
"Nor I the landlord, I have an aversion to the family," said Frida, putting down her trump, also.
"Frida!" begged Axel.