LEONARD.
But don't talk so loud! If anybody should hear you—
SECRETARY.
If anybody could hear me you would have called him long ago! Well?
LEONARD.
If it is about the girl—I can marry her, you know! I had, in fact, half made up my mind to do it, when she herself was here!
SECRETARY.
She was here! And has gone away again without having seen you contrite and repentant at her feet? Come! Come!
LEONARD.
I beg of you! You see before you a man who is ready to do anything that you dictate. This very evening I will betroth myself to her.