Enter BEULMAUS.
BELLMAUS (shyly, bowing repeatedly).
You permit me, Miss Runeck!
ADELAIDE (kindly).
I am glad to receive your visit, and am curious about the interesting disclosures you have to make to me.
BELLMAUS.
There is no one to whom I would rather confide what I have heard, Miss Runeck, than to you. Having learned from Mr. Korb that you are a subscriber to our newspaper I feel sure—
ADELAIDE.
That I deserve, too, to be a friend of the editors. Thank you for the good opinion.