Anything but that; the bill says: A Fairy-tale for Children.
SCHLOSS.
A fairy-tale? But in Heaven's name, we're not children, are we, that they want to present such pieces for us? They certainly won't put an actual cat on the stage, will they?
FISCHER.
It may turn out to be an imitation of the new Arcadians, a sort of
Terkaleon.
MÜLLER.
Now that wouldn't be bad, for I've been wishing this long while to see some time such a wonderful opera without music.
FISCHER.
Without music it is absurd, for, my dear friend, we're beyond such childish nonsense, such superstition; enlightenment has borne its natural fruits.