LIND
(med et anstrøg af forlegenhed og ærgrelse).
Kom dog vel ihu,
at jeg har andre pligter, jeg, end du.
Jeg har min kæreste. Se alle andre
forlovede, selv folk med lang erfaring,
som du forhåbentlig dog ej vil klandre, –
de påstår alle, dersom to skal vandre
igennem livet, så –
LIND
[with a shade of confusion and annoyance].
Pray remember, do!
That I have other duties now than you;
I have my fiancee. Every plighted pair,
Those of prolonged experience not excepted,--
Whose evidence you would not wish rejected,--
Will tell you, that if two are bound to fare
Through life together, they must--