STROEBEL. Yes, now, if you please.
BEERMANN [to the maid]. Ask the gentleman to come in. [Betty exit.]
STROEBEL. He is Adjutant to the young Prince. I told him I was going to see you, and you can realize how upset he is.
BEERMANN. If it affords you pleasure.
STROEBEL. It does. The entire responsibility rests on me and I at least must show that I have left nothing undone. [Knock on the door.]
BEERMANN. Come in. [Schmettau enters.]
SCHMETTAU. Good evening.
STROEBEL [rising. Beermann rises also]. May I introduce you gentlemen? Herr Beermann, the banker—Herr Baron Schmettau.
SCHMETTAU. We have already had a glimpse of each other today.
BEERMANN. Yes, I remember.