Mrs. Holt.
Hush—don’t talk about it.
Mrs. Lynge.
What, was there a scandal about her too?
Mrs. Rummel.
Yes, I’ll tell you all about it, Mrs. Lynge. Bernick had just proposed to Betty Tönnesen; and as he was coming, with her on his arm, into her aunt’s room to announce the engagement to her——
Mrs. Holt.
The Tönnesens were orphans, you understand.
Mrs. Rummel.
——Lona Hessel rose from her chair, and gave the handsome, aristocratic Karsten Bernick a ringing box on the ear!