Yes, just think, Councillor, Mrs. Fanny Hirschfeld of the Children's Hospital was invited, and I was not.
VON KELLER.
[Deprecatingly.] Oh!
SCHWARTZE.
[Laughing, and stroking her head.] Ah, the moth that corrupts, the moth that corrupts! [Enter Marie with the coffee. She bows in a friendly way to Von Keller.] Herr von Keller, my daughter--my only daughter.
VON KELLER.
I've already had the pleasure.
MARIE.
I can't offer you a hand for welcome, Dr. Von Keller, but you may have a cup of coffee instead.