"We are just friends; and not always that either.

We quarrel." "All lovers do that," persisted Frau Steinhart triumphantly.
"Well, you ask him yourself," said Bernardine, much amused.

She had never looked upon Robert Allitsen in that light before.

"See, there he comes!" Bernardine was not present at the court martial, but this was what occurred.

Whilst the Disagreeable Man was paying the reckoning, Frau Steinhart said in her most motherly tones: "Fraeulein is a very dear young lady: Herr Allitsen has made a wise choice.