DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
But suppose I give you my emphatic and, in a way, solemn assurance that there is a specific, an extremely important matter that I'd like—no, that I must discuss with you to-night, Loth!
LOTH
Queer! You don't expect me to take that in deadly earnest. Surely not!—You've waited to discuss that matter so many years and now it can't wait one more day? You know me—I'm not pretending.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
So I am right! Well, well …
[He gets up and walks about.
LOTH
What are you right about?