KÄMPE. People say that Professor Oldendorf has a good chance of election. Many are said to be going to vote for him.
PIEPENBRINK. I have nothing to say against him, only to my mind he is too young.
SENDEN is seen in the rear, later BLUMENBERG and guests.
SENDEN. You here, Miss Runeck?
ADELAIDE. I'm amusing myself with watching those queer people. They act as though the rest of the company were non-existent.
SENDEN. What do I see? There sits the Union itself and next to one of the most important personages of the fête!
[The music ceases.]
BOLZ (who has meanwhile been conversing with MRS. PIEPENBRINK but has listened attentively—to MR. PIEPENBRINK). There, you see the gentlemen cannot desist from talking politics after all. (To PIEPENBRINK.) Did you not mention Professor Oldendorf?
PIEPENBRINK. Yes, my jolly Doctor, just casually.
BOLZ. When you talk of him I heartily pray you to say good things about him; for he is the best, the noblest man I know.