1 A few days - and a few nights - in Vienna, still the city of laughter and light romance. 2 The day starts late, but gloriously, in the home of Prof. Josef Stock. 3 "Keep on with your cruelty - and some day I'll leave you!" 4 "That's just what you want - but you'll not get rid of me so easily." 5 "I'm engaged and waiting for my passenger." 6 "If you're in a hurry, let me take you part of the way." 7 "Oh, sure - you look beautiful!" 8 Charlotte, whose marriage to Dr. Franz Braun is ideal. 9 "You'll get over it - in time!" 10 "Mizzi, you can't imagine the perfect happiness of our married life!" 11 "Don't be silly -- husbands are blind!" 12 "Did you ever see a man like him!" 13 "That's his favorite song." 14 "Professor, I never fail -- you're as good as divorced." 15 "Mrs. Stock has a fainting spell, and wants Dr. Braun to come at once!" 16 "I thought you were ill." 17 "It's my heart again." 18 "This is Dr. Braun - Charlotte's husband." 19 "I had another attack of my heart trouble." 20 "You must take good care of me." 21 Dr. Gustav Mueller calls at the Brauns' every morning, ostensibly for his partner, but really for a glimpse of his partner's wife. 22 "I've never seen you look so - so beautiful!" 23 "I might come to your office some day - when you are not expecting me." 24 "Anyone who talks so much can't be sick." 25 "Lucky Devil - to be so loved by your own wife!" 26 "I want to teach him not to throw my roses away." 27 "It's a very serious case." 28 "You see - how crazy my wife is about me?" 29 "I - er - a nervous man knocked it over." 30 "But I have many patients!" 31 "Gustav - you're my best friend. Please - please console her." 32 With the first quarrel forgotten, the Brauns give a dinner party. 33 "We'll never quarrel again - never!" 34 "You seem greatly interested in Miss Hofer." 35 "Dr. Schmidt - friend of mine." 36 "I'm sorry, but I have important business at the club - that will keep me there all night." 37 "He changed the place cards so he could sit by Miss Hofer - but I put them back." 38 "Miss Hofer, I'm so glad to see you." 39 There is more danger in dancing than in dining. 40 "Get him Mizzi - dance with him - talk to him - don't let him out of your sight!" 41 "Your dress!" 42 "I'm afraid you'll be cold!" 43 "Mizzi!" 44 "Where's Franz?" 45 When a big party ends, small parties begin. 46 "Your behavior with Pauline Hofer was simply - - scandalous!" 47 "If you won't believe me - if you can't trust me - then I can't stay here!" 48 "Dear, even if I am cross sometimes - I love you just the same." 49 "I merely wanted to prove how frightfully careless your husband is to leave you alone in the dead of night." 50 "How can a husband, who loves his wife, neglect her so!" 51 "I love you - I just can't help it - nobody could!" 52 "Wait - I'm going back with you." 53 "Come upstairs - and phone for another taxi." 54 "Don't worry - he'll come back." 55 "You will not go back." 56 "I cannot live without you!" 57 "Prof. Stock has gone home." 58 "Josef! I need love!" 59 "- I promised to tell Prof. Stock the result of the last chess game." 60 "Pack your things." 61 Then the morning, when one can't look the sun in the face. 62 "Get out and leave me in peace - or I'll tell my husband!" 63 "I had a terrible dream - Gustav was kissing me!" 64 "That's what happens - when you leave me alone." 65 "That is true - but I give you my word - my visit was entirely innocent." 66 "I believe you - but nobody else will and I'm delighted to have a man of your standing help me get rid of my wife." 67 "By the way, Mizzi is at the Hotel Bristol - since this morning." 68 "Franz! There's a man in this - but who?" 69 "Hotel Bristol!" 70 "Confide in me - who is this man?" 71 "My husband - and my best friend!" 72 "I'm innocent - I've done nothing. Here is the proof!" 73 "Is it my fault that your husband fell in love with me?" 74 "I'll mail you a copy." 75 The dreaded end of a dreadful day. 76 "You must talk to Charlotte - you are the only one in whom she has perfect confidence." 77 "Wait, Franz, my boy - I'll teach you a lesson, so you'll never look at another woman." 78 "We had better go in the back way." 79 "Don't ask my forgiveness - I'm as guilty as you." 80 "Gustav's kiss was no dream - it was real - in this room - in that very chair!" 81 "Tell me - didn't you return to this room last night?" 82 "And didn't we kiss each other?" 83 "Fifty-fifty."Home