"You are very suspiciously complimentary," Thérèse rejoins. "What do you want me to do for you?"
"Ask me to dine soon, and ask the Meinecks," Zino replies, with his attractively audacious smile.
"No, I will not," Thérèse says, resolutely.
"And why not?"
"Because, as I now see, you would do all that you could to turn Stella's brain. I thought you had outgrown such foolish tricks."
"Hm!" says Capito.
"I am going to do all that I can to marry her well," Thérèse declares.
"Hm!" Capito says again, but in a different tone.
"If you like, I will invite you to meet the Gurlichingen; she is in Paris at present."
"Indeed! With whom is she travelling?