Gustav. No; but you must know some.
Thekla. I don’t get a chance any more now of hearing anything which is really funny.
Gustav. Is he as prudish as all that?
Thekla. Rather!
Gustav. Never different?
Thekla. He’s been so ill lately. [Both stand up.]
Gustav. Well, who told little brother to walk into somebody else’s wasp’s nest?
Thekla.[Laughs.] Foolish fellow, you!
Gustav. Poor child! do you still remember that once, shortly after our engagement, we lived in this very room, eh? But then it was furnished differently, there was a secretary, for instance, here, by the pillar, and the bed [with delicacy] was here.
Thekla. Hush!