And about the pond. Three hundred and sixty carp!
ADELAIDE.
And sixty gold-tench; don't forget that. And the old carp with the
copper ring about his body, that he put there, came out with the last
haul, and we threw him back again.
KORB.
And how he will ask about you, Miss Adelaide!
ADELAIDE.
Tell him I am well.
KORB.
And how you have carried on the farming since the general died; and
that you take his newspaper which I read aloud to the farm-hands
afterward.
ADELAIDE.
Just that you need not tell him. [_Sighing, aside._] On these lines I
shall learn nothing whatever. [_Pause, gravely._] See here, dear Korb,
I have heard all sorts of things about Mr. Bolz that surprise me. He
is said to live an irregular life.
KORB.
Yes, I imagine he does; he always was a wild colt.
ADELAIDE.
He is said to spend more than his income.
KORB.
Yes, that is quite possible. But I am perfectly sure he spends it
merrily.
ADELAIDE (_aside_).
Small consolation I shall get from him! (_Indifferently._) He has now
a good position, I suppose; won't he soon be looking for a wife?
KORB.
A wife? No, he is not doing that. It is impossible.
ADELAIDE.
Well, I heard something of the kind; at least he is said to be much
interested in a young lady. People are talking of it.
KORB.
Why, that would be--no, I don't believe it. (_Hastily._) But I'll ask
him about it at once.
ADELAIDE.
Well, he would be the last person to tell you.
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