Doctor.—Yes, it excites the bile, but it gives you an appetite. (He approaches with George.)
Stella.—What were you talking about?
Doctor.—I have been listening to George. Horrible! Dreadful! George made a mistake by coming into the world two hundred years too late. Bayards are not appreciated nowadays.
Czeska.—Providence is above all.
Drahomir.—I believe it also.
Doctor.—Were I a mathematician, without contradicting you I would say that, as in many cases we do not know what X equals, we must take care of ourselves.
Prince.—What are you saying?
Stella.—Doctor, pray do not talk so sceptically, or there will be a war—not with papa, but with me.
Doctor.—My scepticism is ended where your words begin, therefore I surrender.
Stella.—How gallant—the member of parliament.