Not so fast, Professor!
[OLDENDORF kisses her hand and leaves.]
IDA. }(together Adelaide! [Falls into her arms.]).
COLONEL. } Adelaide! And at such a moment!
ADELAIDE (holding IDA fast and stretching out her hand to the
COLONEL).
Shake hands with your compatriot. Aunt sends love, and Rosenau Manor, in its brown autumn dress, presents its humble compliments. The fields lie bare, and in the garden the withered leaves dance with the wind.—Ah, Mr. von Senden!
COLONEL (introducing).
Mr. Blumenberg, the editor.
SENDEN.
We are delighted to welcome our zealous agriculturist to the city.