MARIE.
Magda!
MRS. SCHWARTZE.
What am I to you, Marie? They call it stepmother. I'm more than that, am I not?
MARIE.
Certainly, mamma dear.
MRS. SCHWARTZE.
You see, then I could not get used to having two such big daughters. But it's all right now? [Marie nods.] And we do love each other?
MARIE.
Very much, mamma dear. [She kisses her.] Enter Franziska.