Will you do my bidding with regard to Ida and the professor? Now I have you!
COLONEL.
Will you do me the favor of choosing your husband this winter while you are with us? Yes? Now I have you!
ADELAIDE.
It's a bargain! Shake hands! [Holds out her hand to him.]
COLONEL (puts his hand in hers, laughing).
Well, you're outwitted.
[Exit through centre door.]
ADELAIDE (alone).
I don't think I am. What, Mr. Conrad Bolz! Is that your reputation among people! You live an irregular life? You have loose morals? You are an evil genius?—