ADELAIDE.
I shall set my woman's wits to aiding you, Mr. Statesman.
[Exit OLDENDORF.]
ADELAIDE (alone).
So this is one of the noble, scholarly, free spirits of the German nation! And he climbs into the fire from a sheer sense of duty! But to conquer anything—the world, happiness, or even a wife—for that he never was made!
Enter CARL.
CARL (announcing).
Dr. Bolz!
ADELAIDE.
Ah! He at least will be no such paragon of virtue!—Where is the
Colonel?