Hoffman:
[To Amelia.] Ah, ha! You gave me the slip yesterday!
Amelia:
My mother.
Hoffman: [Nodding.]
Good day, Mother. [She curtsies.]
[Coming closer to Amelia.]
Where did you run to? Here she as good as promised me she would wed me to-day, Mother, and then—
Amelia:
Oh, no!