Professor, you resigned the management of the paper with a readiness which delights me. (Pointedly.) I wish to edit the Union in my own fashion.
[Seizes his hand and leads him to the COLONEL.]
Colonel, he is no longer editor; we have outwitted him; you have your satisfaction.
COLONEL (holding out his arms to him).
Come, Oldendorf! For what happened I have been sorry since the moment we parted.
OLDENDORF.
My honored friend!
ADELAIDE (pointing to the door on the left).
There is some one else in there who wants to take part in the reconciliation. It might be Mr. Gabriel Henning.
IDA appears at the side door.