Gustav. Oh, you can reckon on that right enough—she took without your noticing it. [He goes behind the square table and comes in front of the sofa.] That's what people call stealing.
Adolf. Then what it comes to is that she hasn't educated me at all?
Gustav. Rather you her. Of course she knew the trick well enough of making you believe the contrary. Might I ask how she pretended to educate you?
Adolf. Oh—at first—hum!
Gustav. Well? [He leans his arms on the table.]
Adolf. Well, I—
Gustav. No; it was she—she.
Adolf. As a matter of fact I couldn't say which it was.
Gustav. You see.
Adolf. Besides, she destroyed my faith as well, and so I went backward until you came, old chap, and gave me a new faith.