Do I look to you as if I drank iron? Thank Heaven, I can't afford such luxuries! No; I'm only a poor fellow who earns his miserable pittance during vacation by acting as a private tutor--that's to say, "miserable" is only a figure of speech, for in the morning I lie abed until nine, at noon I eat five, and at night seven, courses; and as for work, I really haven't a thing to do! My pupil is so anæmic--why, compared to him, you're fit for a circus rider!
The Princess (laughing unrestrainedly).
Oh, well, I'm rather glad I'm not one.
Strübel.
Dear me, it's a business like any other.
The Princess.
Like any other? Really, I didn't think that.
Strübel.
And pray, what did you think then?
The Princess.