human
But I hardly believe it, continued Miss Brandt:
gpt
Um!
human
Yes, that they really are! Have you ever seen any lady as coquettish as an actor?
gpt
I don't know any of them, but I should suppose an actress might be.
human
No: no actress I have ever met of the better sort was really coquettish. I don't know how it is with them, but I believe they have overcome coquettishness.
gpt
But you think, then, Counsellor Bang is coquettish?
human
Not Bang--Bagger. Yes; for although he said he had this romantic love for a fairy, he often does court to modest earthly ladies. He is properly somewhat of a flirt.
gpt
That is unbecoming an old man.
human
Yes; but he is not old.
gpt
Oh! said Miss Hjelm, laughing:
human
I have only known one war counsellor, and he was old; so I thought of all war counsellors as old.
gpt
Yes; but Counsellor Bagger is not war counsellor, but a real Superior Court Counsellor.
human
Oh, how earnest that is! And so he is in love with a fairy?
gpt
Yes: it is ridiculous!