Well, he's a real swell--that's what none of the others are. [_The music is heard again._] Ah, they're starting. That's a polka! [_Dancing again._] I'd like to dance with Mr. Siebenhaar this minute. D'you know what I'd do? I'd just kiss him before he knew what was happening. MRS. HENSCHEL Siebenhaar'd be too old for me! FRANZISKA Your husband is just as old, Mrs. Henschel. MRS. HENSCHEL Look here, girl, I want you to know that my husband is a good five years younger. FRANZISKA Well, he looks much older anyhow. Why, he looks so old and wrinkled. No, I wouldn't care to kiss him. MRS. HENSCHEL You better see about getting out o' here, or I'll take a broom an' help you along! Don't you abuse my husband! An' where would I get a better one? You wait till you're a few years older an' you'll see what it means in this world to have a husband! FRANZISKA I won't marry at all. I'll wait till some fine, rich gentleman comes--some summer--for his health--a Russian, by preference--and then I'll let him take me out into the world. I want to see the world--to wander far--I want to go to Paris. And then I'll write you about myself, Mrs. Henschel. MRS. HENSCHEL I do believe you'll run off some day! FRANZISKA You can wager anything that I will. Mr. Siebenhaar was in Paris, too, you know, during the revolution in 'forty-eight, and he can tell you the most interesting stories! Oh, I'd like to see a revolution like that some day too. They build barricades ... WERMELSKIRCH'S VOICE Franziska! Franziska! Where are you keeping yourself again? FRANZISKA Sh! Don't say anything! WERMELSKIRCH'S VOICE Franziska! Franziska! FRANZISKA Sh! Keep still! He wants me to serve at the bar. And that's horrid and I won't do it! WERMELSKIRCH'S VOICE Franziska! FRANZISKA It's papa's or mama's place to do that. Or they can hire a waiter. I won't be turned into a bar maid. MRS. HENSCHEL That's not the worst kind o' thing! FRANZISKA Oh, if there were real gentlemen to serve! But they're just well--attendants, coachmen and miners. Much obliged for such company! I don't care about it! MRS. HENSCHEL If I was you, I'd do that reel easy. An' I'd be gettin' good tips. You could save a good many pennies an' put by a nice sum. FRANZISKA I won't accept pennies and farthings. And if some time Mr. Siebenhaar or the architect or Dr. Valentiner gives me a present, I spend it on sweetmeats right away. MRS. HENSCHEL Ah, that's just it. You're your father's daughter. An' your mother wasn't much different neither. You people don't take care o' the business you has! If you'd ha' done so you'd have money out at interest this day. FRANZISKA We're not as stingy as you, that's all. MRS. HENSCHEL I'm not stingy. But you got to keep your substance together. FRANZISKA People say you're stingy, though! MRS. HENSCHEL