Really you are an awfully strange person! There's something about you that--that--
The Princess.
Well?
Strübel.
I can't exactly define it.--Tell me, weren't you wanting to go into the woods before? It's so--so oppressive in here.
The Princess.
Oppressive? I don't find it so at all--quite the contrary.
Strübel.
No, no--I'm restless. I don't know what--at all events, may I not escort you--? One can chat more freely, one can express himself more openly--if one-- (Takes a deep breath.)
The Princess (smiling).