Note 6 — ACT III
Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins) Eliot translation
Note Wedekind’s subtlety: Mr. Gabor doesn’t remember Wendla’s precise age, and makes her as old as he can, to minimize Melchior’s transgression,—well before the days of Freud.
Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins) Eliot translation
Note Wedekind’s subtlety: Mr. Gabor doesn’t remember Wendla’s precise age, and makes her as old as he can, to minimize Melchior’s transgression,—well before the days of Freud.