Rebecca.
Well yes, my dear Rector, I can’t deny that——
Kroll.
My dear Miss West, I have nothing to say against it—nothing in your case.
Rebecca.
No, surely not. One likes to know what’s going on—to keep up with the time——
Kroll.
And of course I should not think of expecting you, as a woman, to side actively with either party in the civil contest—I might almost say the civil war—that is raging among us.—But you have seen then, I suppose, how these gentlemen of “the people” have been pleased to treat me? What infamous abuse they have had the audacity to heap on me?
Rebecca.
Yes; but it seems to me you gave as good as you got.