human
You will let the child do me this favour, will you not? the 'fairy' persisted.
gpt
It is all admirably arranged. Riedel is to pose them,--you know him,--the little painter with such good manners who has his shirts laundered in Paris.
human
Oh, that colour-grinder!
gpt
Colour-grinder or not, he is one of the few artists whom one can meet socially.
human
Yes, yes; and he will find it much easier to arrange a couple of pictures than to paint them,
gpt
Then you consent? I may count upon your grand-daughter?
human
I must first consider the matter,
gpt
I see that affairs look favourable for me, Countess Brock murmured.
human
Thank heaven! I think I should have killed myself if I had met with a refusal. What o'clock is it?
gpt
Six o'clock,--a few minutes past. Where are you going?
human
To dine with the Geroldsteins. We are going to the Lessing Theatre afterwards. There have been no tickets to be had for ten days past.
gpt
You--are going to dine with the Geroldsteins?
human
I am going to dine with the Geroldsteins, the 'wicked fairy' repeated, with irritated emphasis;
gpt
I have no social prejudices. Moreover, I do not receive her: I simply do not turn her out of doors.
human
Well, at present she suits me, Countess Brock declared, her features working violently.
gpt
I have been longing for two months to be present at this first representation, without being able to get a seat: she offers me the best seat in a box,--no, she does not offer it to me, she entreats me to take it as a favour to her. And then think how I begged Goswyn yesterday to introduce G---- to me. No, he would not do it. She will see to all that. She is the most obliging woman in all Germany. And then--this very morning I saw her driving with Hedwig Norbin in the Thiergarten. Surely any one may know a woman with whom Hedwig Norbin drives through the Thiergarten.
human
You will let me know your decision to-morrow, Anna?