]. You have come, father? [

Silence—comes near Ossep

.] Father.

OSSEP. Ah! Alexander [

offering his hand

]. Please sit down. Have you just come?

ALEXANDER. No; I have been here a long time. I was in the garden.

OSSEP. What is the news?

[Both sit down.

ALEXANDER. Nothing, except that I wish to have a wedding next week.