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.