human
You have a new bracelet, Linda,
gpt
Do you like it?
human
Charming! answered Felix, apparently indifferently.
gpt
Did you buy it in Marienbad?
human
No; Kamenz gave it to me to-day--he owed me a philopena,
gpt
Hm! Felix looked gloomy, but did not know exactly how to put his vexation into words. He asked himself,
human
Have I the right to reprove my wife?
gpt
Ah, the bracelet seems to please you less since you know where it comes from, said Linda, smiling maliciously.
human
Poor Felix! Are you, perhaps, jealous of this handsome, silly Pistasch? He is about as dangerous to me as that dandy there,
gpt
Well, I certainly do not wish to disturb your little amusement, stammered Felix,
human
Hm! said Linda, thoughtfully.
gpt
However indifferent that porcelain dandy yonder is to me, I have not the slightest inclination to throw him out of the window.
human
But there is no question of that, replied Felix,
gpt
But do you not see, my dear Felix, said she, knocking the ashes from her cigarette,
human
I cannot understand why you do not get on better with Elsa,
gpt
I was there recently; she has not returned my visit, said Linda.
human
I cannot force her to come. I believe she is vexed with me because Erwin amuses himself with me. Heaven knows our intercourse is of wholly an innocent nature!
gpt
I do not doubt that for a moment, but you should have some consideration for Elsa--she is nervous and sensitive.
human
Ah! and I am to suit my behavior to her interesting nervous condition, laughed Linda.
gpt
That is to say, I am to be intolerable to Erwin. _Eh bien, non merci!_ He is the only man of my present acquaintance of whom I think anything.
human
That is surely not----? she murmured, but already the servant had opened the door.
gpt
Baron and Baroness Harfink!