von Tiedemann (a bit mellow). That's the way a funeral should be! No airs! The dead won't become alive again anyhow!
Mertens. Many a man might object to that anyhow!
von Tiedemann. The devil take it. A fellow doesn't want to give up what he once has!
Mertens. Wasn't Laskowski superb again!
von Tiedemann. Always is, of late! Never see him any other way!
Mrs. von Tiedemann. And then Mrs. Laskowski? Did you watch, Gretchen?
Mrs. Schnaase. I don't exactly see, Elizabeth!
Mrs. von Tiedemann. You didn't, how they kept on whispering together? She hasn't a bit of modesty!
von Tiedemann. I'll bet my head Laskowski will plant himself here some day. The young man surely can't make it go in the long run. Why he can't hold on to the estate.
Mrs. von Tiedemann. Didn't she bat her eyes again!