H'm! She certainly has suitors enough!
Frau v. Yburg.
She'll reject them all--as she has heretofore. She simply says, "I shall not begin my new life with a lie. I think too much of myself for that. And to confess, to tell the man, and have him turn his back on me, or out of pure pity raise me to his own level--I think entirely too much of myself for that."
Ebeling.
I believe one can readily appreciate her feelings.
Frau v. Yburg.
But what will become of her? Is she to wither and wear away--this heavenly young creature? (Ebeling walks about, growing more and more excited. A pause.) Herr Ebeling, speak! Advise me!
Ebeling (firmly).
I know of only one solution: she must choose some one who knows it.
Frau v. Yburg.