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The Choice of a Tutor
Scene I
Countess Weakhead (looking at the time): It has only just struck eight. Why have you risen so early, Count?
Count: In the country it is a good thing to get up a little early.
Countess: Yes, but not for a count. Your highness ought to live like a count; we do not have to manage our affairs; thank God, we own three thousand souls, and it will last our time; and then I am not educated to look after things.
Count: True, Countess; and I do not know anyone of your father's line who would be able to manage affairs. The line of Whirligigs is noble, I agree; but not one Whirligig can manage affairs.
Countess: Certainly; I, although not a countess in my own right, am, however, of a good family
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