Thank you very much—if you mean what you say. I certainly hope it will lead to happiness, both for Werle and for me.
Relling.
You have every reason to hope that. Mr. Werle never gets drunk—so far as I know; and I don’t suppose he’s in the habit of thrashing his wives, like the late lamented horse-doctor.
Mrs. Sörby.
Come now, let Sörby rest in peace. He had his good points too.
Relling.
Mr. Werle has better ones, I have no doubt.
Mrs. Sörby.
He hasn’t frittered away all that was good in him, at any rate. The man who does that must take the consequences.
Relling.