Mrs. Rummel: It cannot possibly be--!
Hilmar: Well! Ugh!
Mrs. Bernick: Lona--! Is it really--?
Lona: Really me? Yes, indeed it is; you may fall on my neck if you like.
Hilmar: Ugh, ugh!
Mrs. Bernick: And coming back here as--?
Mrs. Bernick: And actually mean to appear in--?
Lona: Appear? Appear in what?
Bernick: Well, I mean--in the circus--
Lona: Ha, ha, ha! Are you mad, brother-in-law? Do you think I belong to the circus troupe? No, certainly I have turned my hand to a good many things and made a fool of myself in a good many ways--