Doesn’t he look well?
Asta.
[Gazes fixedly at him.] Splendid! Quite splendid! His eyes are so much brighter! And I suppose you have done a great deal of writing on your travels? [With an outburst of joy.] I shouldn’t wonder if you had finished the whole book, Alfred?
Allmers.
[Shrugging his shoulders.] The book? Oh, the book——
Asta.
Yes, I was sure you would find it go so easily when once you got away.
Allmers.
So I thought too. But, do you know, I didn’t find it so at all. The truth is, I have not written a line of the book.
Asta.