Rosmer.

How——?

Brendel.

I am about to take hold of life with a strong hand; to step forth; to assert myself. We live in a tempestuous, an equinoctial age.—I am about to lay my mite on the altar of Emancipation.

Kroll.

You too?

Brendel.

[To them all.] Is the local public at all familiar with my occasional writings?

Kroll.

No, I must candidly confess that——