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 my health and a good little wife [takes her hand] who loves me.

—[To, approvingly.] That's right. Bravo!

—And friends my smart and loyal Oscar. He is the heart and soul of the business.

—He seems a bit sudden.

—And then there is Paula. She is the policeman of the business. Now, how can I possibly go wrong?

—Well, my dear Juhasz, I must be off. [As he shakes hands.] I can only tell you again what I told you once before, when you were in difficulties For fifteen years you sat at a desk in my castle at Gerelypuszta. I never had as good a man in my service before or since. It is true you wasted a lot of your time cultivating flowers, and at best you were never very energetic

—That is something one learns.

—Never, but that doesn't matter. It is character that counts with me. That desk has been vacant three years now. I want you to know that, whatever happens, that place is open to you as long as Gerelypuszta belongs to me or my family.

—Oh, your excellency!

—If I only had someone half as honest as you right now! We are beginning to export cheese on a large scale. Mostly to England.