human
Ah! cries she, springing up. It would be impossible not to see what unusual pleasure his visit gives her. Her eyes shine, and a faint blush passes over her cheeks.
gpt
Erwin, did you not receive my letter?
human
Certainly, he replies.
gpt
It was very nice in you to consider our foo---- in spite of all the bitterness which for the moment he feels toward Elsa, he cannot use the byword foolish, and rather says--
human
he hesitates.
gpt
Elsa hopes that you will do us the pleasure of dining with us Sunday.
human
Sunday?
gpt
Have you planned anything else?
human
What should I have planned? asked she, shrugging her pretty shoulders.
gpt
No, no, I will come gladly. You are very good to me, Erwin, and I am inexpressibly thankful to you.
human
Where is Felix?
gpt
Felix is, I believe, over in Lanzberg, she answered.
human
He has 'something to attend to.' He always has 'something to attend to' when I expect people, she added, bitterly.
gpt
It makes my position so uncommonly easy, Erwin! Can you account for his behavior? Would you, if you had once resolved to choose a wife of unequal birth, afterward be so passionately ashamed of her as Felix is?
human
How can you talk so foolishly, Linda?
gpt
Foolishly! Linda shook her head with discouragement.
human
If you only saw him! Lately he made a scene before I could be permitted to accept the Deys' invitation; then, at the last moment, he had a headache, and expressed the wish that I should join Elsa and go without him.
gpt
Strange idea to hang this monster in your pretty rococo nest!
human
The monster pleases me, I like contrasts--but to return to Felix----
gpt
You expect Pistasch and Sempaly, do you not?
human
They wished to come this evening--alas--I could renounce their society; to-day I should like greatly to confide in you, Erwin. You are the only person who is sorry for me.