FRITZ KLEINMICHEL. I hear that at supper there are to be speeches, and
the candidate for election, Colonel Berg, is to be introduced.

PIEPENBRINK. A very estimable gentleman.

KLEINMICHEL. Yes, it is a good choice the gentlemen on the committee
have made.

ADELAIDE, _who has been visible in the rear, now saunters in_.

ADELAIDE. He sitting here? What sort of a company is that?

KÄMPE. People say that Professor Oldendorf has a good chance of
election. Many are said to be going to vote for him.

PIEPENBRINK. I have nothing to say against him, only to my mind he is
too young.

SENDEN _is seen in the rear, later_ BLUMENBERG _and guests_.

SENDEN. You here, Miss Runeck?

ADELAIDE. I'm amusing myself with watching those queer people. They
act as though the rest of the company were non-existent.

SENDEN. What do I see? There sits the _Union_ itself and next to one
of the most important personages of the fête!

[_The music ceases_.]