Thekla. Those are the new tactics, don’t you see.
Adolf.[After a pause.] I don’t know how it is, but this place begins to feel uncanny. If you don’t mind, we’ll travel home this very night.
Thekla. What an idea you’ve got into your head again. I’ve just arrived, and I’ve no wish to travel off again. [She sits down on the sofa on the- left.]
Adolf. But if I want it?
Thekla. Nonsense! What do I care what you want? Travel alone.
Adolf.[Seriously.] I now order you to travel with me by the next steamer.
Thekla. Order? What do you mean by that?
Adolf. Do you forget that you’re my wife?
Thekla.[Getting up.] Do you forget that you’re my husband?
Adolf.[Following her example.] That’s just the difference between one sex and the other.