You're his counsel in his divorce proceedings, aren't you?
Ebeling.
As the affair has become common talk, I need make no secret of it.
v. Tietz.
They say that it is the wife who has been the martyr. And yet, after
fifteen years, _he_ begins the divorce proceedings. Why should he?
Ebeling.
My dear fellow, you must put that question to some one who's not so
well informed as I am.
v. Tietz.
Oh, see here, I don't want to be indiscreet about it, but the further
the case goes, the more persistent are the rumours that he has designs
on Margot's hand--and, furthermore, that her mother is encouraging him!
Ebeling.
Frau von Yburg will be here in a few minutes.--Ask her!
v. Tietz.
What do you take me for?
Ebeling (_shrugging his shoulders_).