"Won't you write me a motif now?"
MARGOT: "Alas! I can't write music and to save my life could not do what you have done; are you a composer?"
GRAF VON—: "I shan't tell you what I am—especially as I have given you my name—till you tell me who you are."
MARGOT: "I'm a young lady at large!"
At this, Frau von Mach nudged me; I thought she wanted to be introduced, so I looked at his name and said seriously:
"Graf von—, this is my friend Frau von Mach."
He instantly stood up, bent his head and, clicking his heels, said to her:
"Will you please introduce me to this young lady?"
FRAU VON MACH (with a smile): "Certainly. Miss Margot Tennant."
GRAF VON—: "I hope, mademoiselle, you will forgive me thinking your interest in Wagner might not be as great as it appeared, but it enabled me to introduce myself to you."