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BRANDT.
Exactly! It is a pleasure to talk with you. You have grasped my idea immediately.
LOUISE (laughing).
But Brandt, where is your jealousy taking you?
BRANDT.
Oh, how can you believe . . . What reason do I have to be jealous? Even if Adolf should
go and act stupidly, in all fairness, can't I depend on you?
LOUISE.
Yes, it seems to me that is the least you can expect. But tell me one thing: hasn't it
occurred to you that your plan is based on a slight abuse of my sister's honesty?
BRANDT.
Patience! Now I come to my main proposition. We have already spoken several times
about an attractive and suitable match for Hanne.
LOUISE.
And now you are suggesting that Adolf is the right man for her?
BRANDT.
It would be an excellent match. He is wealthy and unattached . . . and with his splendid
character! . . .
LOUISE.
Quite so, but now I come with my main proposition, as you say. It is precisely Adolf's
character that I have doubts about . . . after what you have told us.
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