But you will accompany me directly? The carriage is waiting.
COLONEL.
I obey the command. [Exit to the left.]
ADELAIDE.
I have made a hasty decision; I have ventured on something that was doubtless too bold for a girl; for now that the crisis is at hand, I feel my courage leaving me. I had to do it for his sake and for all our sakes. (To KORB.) Ask Miss Ida to get ready—the coachman will come straight back for her. Dear Korb, let your thoughts be with me. I am going on a weighty errand, old friend! [Exit ADELAIDE.]
KORB.
(alone). Gracious, how her eyes shine! What is she tip to? She's not going to elope with the old Colonel, I hope! Well, whatever she is up to, she will carry it through. There is only one person who could ever be a match for her. Oh, Mr. Conrad, if only I could speak!
[EXIT.]
SCENE II
Editorial room of the Union. Enter BOLZ through the door on the left, directly afterward MILLER.