ADELAIDE.
But is the young man who made you these revelations at all
trustworthy?
BELLMAUS.
He can't stand much punch, and after three glasses he told me all this
of his own accord. In general I don't consider him very reputable. I
should call him a good fellow, but reputable--no, he's not quite that.
ADELAIDE (_indifferently_.)
Do you suppose this gentleman who drank the three glasses of punch
would be willing to repeat his disclosures before other persons?
BELLMAUS.
He said he would, and spoke of proofs too.
ADELAIDE (_aside_).
Aha! (_Aloud_.) I fear the proofs won't amount to much. And you have
not spoken of it to the professor or Mr. Bolz?
BELLMAUS.
Our professor is very much occupied these days, and Bolz is the
jolliest man in the world; but his relations with Mr. von Senden being
already strained I thought--
ADELAIDE (_quickly_).
And you were quite right, dear Mr. Bellmaus. So in other regards you
are content with Mr. Bolz?
BELLMAUS.
He is a sociable, excellent man, and I am on very good terms with him.
All of us are on very good terms with him.
ADELAIDE.
I am glad to hear it.
BELLMAUS.
He sometimes goes a little too far, but he has the best heart in the
world.
ADELAIDE (_aside_). "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings" ye
shall hear the truth!
BELLMAUS.
His nature, you know, is a purely prosaic one; for poetry he has not
the least comprehension. ADELAIDE. Do you think so?
BELLMAUS.
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