IDA.
Edward!
[OLDENDORF hurries to the door, IDA meets him, he embraces her. Both leave on the left. The COLONEL follows.]
ADELAIDE (sweetly).
Before asking you, Mr. von Senden, to interest yourself in the editing of the newspaper, I beg you to read through this correspondence which I received as a contribution to my columns.
SENDEN (takes a glance at them).
Miss Runeck, I don't know whose indiscretion—
ADELAIDE.
Fear none on my part. I am a newspaper proprietor, and (with, marked emphasis) shall keep editorial secrets.
[SENDEN bows.]