MRS. FELIX
Ideals! Fanny, Fanny!
MAGNUS (to Mrs. Felix)
If the boy accepted so readily, I think perhaps, Loo, it would be an injustice to cancel that first offer—
FANNY (earnestly)
Mr. Magnus—please—don’t—
MAGNUS
I suppose Tromper—my good faithful beef-eating Tromper—will spread the report that I’m losing my mind if I do—
MRS. FELIX
Great men shouldn’t care, John. The mob always think greatness is madness.