VON KELLER.
Oh, I have tact enough not to do that.
MAX.
And what do you think has become of her?
VON KELLER.
Oh, music is a lottery. Ten thousand blanks and one prize. A host of beginners and but one who makes a career. If one becomes a Patti or a Sembrich, or, to come down to our own Festival--
Enter Schwartze and Mrs. Schwartze.
SCHWARTZE.
[Shaking hands.] Welcome to my house! Councillor von Keller, my wife.