Frau Mulbridge.
She's been going to the Art Institute. She wants to teach drawing.
Kellermann.
I suppose the captain thought a lot of her?
Frau Mulbridge.
Oh, dear me, yes. She was always around him from the time that she was a mere child. They used to play together out in the yard like two little kittens! Of course, when she grew older, that sort of thing stopped. But lately, when he seemed so worried, I----
Kellermann.
So he seemed worried, did he?
Frau Mulbridge.
Yes, indeed. I've had my suspicions for the last two months. Well, when he seemed so worried, I used to manage to send her in to him pretty often. She read aloud to him--and so on. (Daisy enters with a couple of curtains, and a dark coat on her arm.)