We have not met. It seems quite strange that she
Should have become a woman in the while!
She speaks a hundred languages I’m told.
Hilde. Your late mamma had mastered only one,
Yet she was never at a loss for words!
Hilar. But think how useful is a wife who can
Express her fancies in a hundred tongues.
Hilde. You will find one, of average length, enough.
Hilar. I’ve heard she hopes to make all women swear
That they’ll abjure, for aye, the tyrant Man!