CIMOMS: certainly; do you believe there is no specialating
among us? For some, life itself is only a business.
Do you believe that a fellow like Saigrati has the elightest
interest in the sport? He might just as well be on the
stock exchange. As far as that is concerned, one could
safely bet one hundred to one on Badekgast.
MARGAPET: I found him looking wonderfully fit this
morning.
CLEMENS: Then she saw Badekgast too!
MARGARET: Of course; did'nt Butters trot him around behind
Busserl today?
CLMENS: But Butters does'nt ride for Saigrati - that was
a stable boy. In spite of his looks Badergast is a bluff.
With your talent, Margaret, you will soon learn to distinguish
between the genuine and the sham. It is indeed surpriseing
how quickly pou have familiarised yourself with these things;
it surpasses my wildestexpectations.
MARGARET: (Angrily): Why does it purposes your expecta¬
tions? You know very well that these things are not at
all new to me. The very nicest people visited at my parents'
home. The Prince Libonski and various others -- and then,
with my husband —
CLEMENS: Of course. personally I have nothing against the