You're his counsel in his divorce proceedings, aren't you?
Ebeling.
As the affair has become common talk, I need make no secret of it.
v. Tietz.
They say that it is the wife who has been the martyr. And yet, after fifteen years, he begins the divorce proceedings. Why should he?
Ebeling.
My dear fellow, you must put that question to some one who's not so well informed as I am.
v. Tietz.
Oh, see here, I don't want to be indiscreet about it, but the further the case goes, the more persistent are the rumours that he has designs on Margot's hand--and, furthermore, that her mother is encouraging him!
Ebeling.