Brack.
And now off goes the excursion train, gentlemen! I hope we shall have a lively time, as a certain fair lady puts it.
Hedda.
Ah, if only the fair lady could be present unseen——!
Brack.
Why unseen?
Hedda.
In order to hear a little of your liveliness at first hand, Judge Brack.
Brack.
[Laughing.] I should not advise the fair lady to try it.