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FRANZISKA, MAJOR VON TELLHEIM
Fran. Is it you? I thought I heard your voice. What do you want, Major? | 1 |
| Maj. T. What do I want? What is she doing? Come! | 2 |
| Fran. She is just going out for a drive. | 3 |
| Maj. T. And alone? Without me? Where to? | 4 |
| Fran. Have you forgotten, Major? | 5 |
| Maj. T. How silly you are, Franziska! I irritated her, and she was angry. I will beg her pardon, and she will forgive me. | 6 |
| Fran. What! After you have taken the ring back, Major! | 7 |
| Maj. T. Ah! I did that in my confusion. I had forgotten about the ring. Where did I put it? (Searches for it.) Here it is. | 8 |
| Fran. Is that it? (Aside, as he puts it again in his pocket.) If he would only look at it closer! | 9 |
| Maj. T. She pressed it upon me so bitterly. But I have forgotten that. A full heart cannot weigh words. She will not for one moment refuse to take it again. And have I not hers? | 10 |
| Fran. She is now waiting for it in return. Where is it, Major? Show it to me, do! | 11 |
| Maj. T. (embarrassed). I have… forgotten to put it on. Just—Just will bring it directly. | 12 |
| Fran. They are something alike, I suppose; let me look at that one. I am very fond of such things. | 13 |
| Maj. T. Another time, Franziska. Come now. | 14 |
| Fran. (aside). He is determined not to be drawn out of his mistake. | 15 |
| Maj. T. What do you say? Mistake! | 16 |
| Fran. It is a mistake, I say, if you think my mistress is still a good match. Her own fortune is far from considerable; by a few calculations in their own favour her guardians may reduce it to nothing. She expected everything from her uncle; but this cruel uncle— | 17 |
| Maj. T. Let him go! Am I not man enough to make it all good to her again! | 18 |
| Fran. Do you hear? She is ringing; I must go in again. | 19 |
| Maj. T. I will accompany you. | 20 |
| Fran. For heaven’s sake, no! She forbade me expressly to speak with you. Come in at any rate a little time after me. (Goes in.) | 21 |
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