She came, looked him quietly in the face, and asked for time to think it over.

Ebeling.

It seems to me your husband was very clever. Otherwise, he might perhaps have----

Frau v. Yburg.

Yes, but when we were alone, just fancy! she declared quite simply: "No, I won't do it." I exclaimed, "Why, my dear child, you're out of your mind! You know that we've done everything for the sake of this day!" "Yes, I know all about it--but I won't." "You've been wishing it for three years," I said to her. And what do you suppose she answered! "I never wished it. You talked it into me--and he."

Ebeling.

"He?" Pardon me, who?

Frau v. Yburg.

You, Herr Ebeling.

Ebeling (standing up in his excitement).