Robert. So you said, but I----
Frau Heinecke. Just like any young girl goes with a young gentleman.
Robert. Goes? Where?
Frau Heinecke. To concerts, to restaurants--If he's got money, to the theater, and in summer to Grunewald[7] or Treptow.[8]
Robert. Alone?
Frau Heinecke. Alone? (Clacks her tongue) No! With the young man!
Robert. I meant: without her parents?
Frau Heinecke. Certainly. Or do you expect the old mother is going to toddle after the young ones on her weak legs.
Robert. Mm! So you knew she "went" with him?
Frau Heinecke. No, I just thought so.