Prince (introducing).--Mr. George Pretwic, our neighbor, and--(Stella makes a sign) and--I wish to say-- George.--If I am not mistaken, your schoolmate. Doctor.--I did not wish to be the first to recollect. George.--I am glad to see you. It is quite a long time since then, but we were good comrades. Truly, I am very glad, especially after what I have heard here about you. Drahomir.--You are the good spirit of this house. Stella.--Oh, yes! Prince.--Let me tell you my opinion of him. George.--How often the best student, Jozwowicz, helped Pretwic with his exercises. Doctor.--You have a good memory, sir. George.--Very good, indeed, for then we did not call each other "sir." Once more, Stanislaw, I welcome you. Doctor.--And I return the welcome. George--But do I not remember that after you went through college you studied law? Doctor.--And afterward I became a doctor of medicine. Prince.--Be seated. Jan, bring the lights. Stella.--How charming that you are acquainted! Doctor.--The school-bench, like misery, unites people. But then, social standing separates them. George's future was assured. I was obliged to search for mine. Prince.--He has searched also, and found adventures. Drahomir.--In two parts of the world. Czeska.--That is splendid. Doctor.--Well, he followed his instinct. Even in school he broke the horses, went shooting and fenced. George.--Better than I studied. Doctor (laughing).--Yes--we used to call him the general, because he commanded us in our student fights. Drahomir.--George, I recognized you there. Czeska.--But now, I think, he will stop fighting. Stella.--Who knows? George.--I am sure of it. Doctor.--As for me, I was his worst soldier. I never was fond of playing that way. Prince.--Because those are the distractions of the nobility and not of a doctor. Doctor.--We begin to quarrel already. You are all proud of the fact that your ancestors, the knights, killed so many people. But if the prince knew how many people I have killed with my prescriptions! I can guarantee you that none of Your Highness's ancestors can be proud of such great number. Drahomir.--Bravo. Very good! Prince.--And he is my doctor! Stella.--Papa! The doctor is joking. Prince.--Thanks for such jokes. But it is sure that the world is now upside-down. Doctor.--Your Highness, we will live a hundred years more. (To George.) Come, tell me, what became of you? (They go out.) Prince.--You would not believe how unhappy I am because I cannot get along with that man. He is the son of a blacksmith from Stanislawow. I sent him to school because I wished to make an overseer of him. But afterwards he went to study at the University. Drahomir.--He is twice a doctor--he is an intelligent man. One can see that by merely looking at him. Stella.--Very much so. Czeska.--So intelligent that I am afraid of him. Drahomir.--But the prince must be satisfied.