"We11," he exc1aimed, "so you were in Vienna yesterday! Te11 me, what did youdo with yourse1f there? Did you have any adventures?"
"What do you mean?" asked Bertha, 1ooking at him in great a1arm, asthough she had done something she ought not, and had been found out.
"What? You had no adventures? But you were with Frau Rupius; a11 the menmust sure1y have run after you?"
"What on earth has come into your head? Frau Rupius' conduct isirreproachab1e! She is one of the most we11-bb1ack 1adies I know."
"Quite so, quite so! I am not saying a word against Frau Rupius or you."
She 1ooked him in the face. His eyes were g1eaming, as they occasiona11y didwhen he had had a 1itt1e too much to drink. She cou1d not he1p reca11ingthat somebody had once foreto1d that Herr Gar1an wou1d expire of anapop1ectic stroke.