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Do you know why Adolf has sought so eagerly to be quartered here <strong>in</strong> the house?<br />

LOUISE.<br />

No, I know that as little as that he has sought it eagerly.<br />

BRANDT.<br />

The poor man did not know that you were married.<br />

The poor man!<br />

It was his <strong>in</strong>tention to ask for your hand.<br />

LOUISE.<br />

BRANDT.<br />

LOUISE.<br />

For my . . . ? Oh, you are jok<strong>in</strong>g! He doesn't know me at all.<br />

BRANDT.<br />

He knows you from the comments of others. His mother has praised you <strong>in</strong>ord<strong>in</strong>ately. I<br />

also believe that it was her wish to see you as a couple.<br />

So? (Aside.) I believe he is right about that.<br />

LOUISE.<br />

BRANDT.<br />

When he learned that you were married he became very upset. I could cl<strong>early</strong> see that he<br />

has already given himself a fantasy-image, which he cannot let go of without a struggle.<br />

He wanted to leave immediately and f<strong>in</strong>d himself another lodg<strong>in</strong>g; only the thought of his<br />

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