Thanks for lending me a hearing;—

I will do as you advise me.

[With a large gesture.

East! thou hast disowned thy singer!

West! thou hast orang-outangs still!

[Goes.

Begriffenfeldt.

Well, was he himself? I should rather think so.

He’s filled with his own affairs, simply and solely.

He’s himself in all that comes out of him,—