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 Lyngstrand. Are you fond of your old teacher, Miss Boletta?

Boletta. Am I fond of him?

Lyngstrand. Yes, I mean do you like him?

Boletta.

Oh yes, I do indeed; he is such a good friend and adviser. And he is always so ready to help you whenever he can.

Lyngstrand. Is it not strange that he has never married?

Boletta. Do you think it so strange?

Lyngstrand. Yes; they say he is well off.

Boletta.

I suppose he is. But it may not have been very easy for him to find any one who would have him.

Lyngstrand. Why?

Boletta.

Oh, he has been the teacher of nearly every girl he knows. He says so himself.

Lyngstrand. But what does that matter?