Yes, now, if you please.
BEERMANN [to the maid]. Ask the gentleman to come in. [Betty
exit.]
STROEBEL. He is Adjutant to the young Prince. I told him I was
going to see you, and you can realize how upset he is.
BEERMANN. If it affords you pleasure.
STROEBEL. It does. The entire responsibility rests on me and I at
least must show that I have left nothing undone. [Knock on the
door.]
BEERMANN. Come in. [Schmettau enters.]
SCHMETTAU. Good evening.
STROEBEL [rising. Beermann rises also]. May I introduce you
gentlemen? Herr Beermann, the banker--Herr Baron Schmettau.
SCHMETTAU. We have already had a glimpse of each other today.
BEERMANN. Yes, I remember.
SCHMETTAU. You are the President of the Local Morality Club.
Before we go further I must tell you that I do not at all agree
with those views ...
STROEBEL [interrupting with anxiety]. Herr Baron, may I call your
attention to the fact that Herr Beermann, personally, is far above
these narrow theories.
SCHMETTAU. I am glad to hear it. Besides as theories they're not
so bad.
BEERMANN. As theories! That's what I say.
SCHMETTAU. Well, there you are!
STROEBEL. Herr Beermann is also the candidate of the local
Conservative-Liberal Coalition.
SCHMETTAU. Then he is certainly no stickler for high-flown
notions. I should be right glad if we understood each other.
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