O, you are made of baseness!' said she.
'Madam,' he cried, roused at last, 'enough of this.

You wilfully misunderstand my attitude; you outwear my patience.

In the name of your parents, in my own name, I summon you to be more circumspect.' 'Is this a request, _monsieur mon mari_ ?' she demanded.
'Madam, if I chose, I might command,' said Otto.
'You might, sir, as the law stands, make me prisoner,' returned Seraphina.

'Short of that you will gain nothing.' 'You will continue as before ?' he asked.
'Precisely as before,' said she.

'As soon as this comedy is over, I shall request the Freiherr von Gondremark to visit me.