Mrs Buchner.
Mr Robert!—I want to beg you—
Robert.
All right! I don’t want to talk of it. Besides the story is—
Mrs Buchner.
No, no!—I want to ask you for something—pressing.
Robert.
Ask me—what?
Mrs Buchner.
Couldn’t you—to please me—couldn’t you?—wouldn’t it be possible—just this one evening—couldn’t you put off your mask?