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 when I bet my sainted husband that I would give birth to a boy.

—And it was a girl?

—Two, Karl, two at a time. Come, Countess. [''She exits at right. and the follow her. and look at each other in silence. He smiles triumphantly.'']

—You have a good heart, Karl, and a good head. [Kisses him on the brow.] There is but one thing I am still afraid of

—In heaven's name, what now?

—When she speaks to her son in there won't he have a different opinion about it all?

—There are two reasons why he won't have a different opinion. In the first place, he won't be such a fool as to disagree with his mamma; and in the second place, I mean to be present at the interview. [Starts to go.]

—[Hurries after him.] Karl, dear wait I have been very unfair to you What can I do to make you forgive me?

—[At the door, right.] All I ask of you is never to fall on my neck again. To-morrow you will write those words in a copy book one hundred times: "Old brooms sometimes sweep clean."

[He exits.]

—No manners at all. [ enters at back.]