Act 3 — SCENE I.
C. (Conrad) Lüdger translation
The Aulic Counsellor Reissman's House.
Enter Reissman, with hat and cane.
Reiss. Not here neither? (Rings the bell.) Where then can she be,--my young lady, my daughter?
Enter Servant.
Reiss. Where is my daughter?
Serv. In the garden.
Reiss. Run and tell her to come directly.
Serv. (exit.) Now it is done, (walking up and down pleased.) Now it is right, and--(stops suddenly,) but that perverse old-fashioned fellow, with his pious lamentations--Pshaw! my intended son-in-law must manage him, and that quickly too, or he shall not have the girl. He is in love with her and the money,--a twofold inducement! He is in my hand, because his conscience is not altogether free,--a triple security!