MAGDA.
Oh, that must be Max! [Goes to him and shakes hands.] Just think, I had quite forgotten your face. We were great friends, were we not?
MAX.
Were we? [Astonished.]
MAGDA.
Well, we can begin now.
MRS. ELLRICH.
[Aside.] Do you understand this?
[Mrs. Von Klebs shrugs her shoulder. The ladies rise and take their leave, shaking hands with Mrs. Schwartze and Franziska, and bowing to Magda.]