FRANZISKA.
[Irritably.] One's always disturbing these affecting tableaux!
MRS. SCHWARTZE.
What did the General say?
FRANZISKA.
The General? H'm, he was angry enough. "To leave us alone for an hour and a half, that's nice courtesy," he said. And I think myself--
MRS. SCHWARTZE.
[To Marie, very sadly.] There, what did I tell you?
FRANZISKA.
Well, this time I smoothed the thing over, so that the gentlemen went away in a good humor.