:04:00
And what became of lnnstetten?
:04:02
He didn't kill himself,
or he wouldn't be coming today.
:04:05
He resigned his commission...
:04:07
and began to study law.
:04:19
But Frau von Briest,
who couId aIso be unconventionaI herseIf...
:04:23
detained Effi as she was hurrying off.
:04:25
She Iooked at
the charming young creature...
:04:28
who was stiII fIushed from pIaying
and in the bIoom of youth.
:04:32
And she confided to her.:
:04:34
''I think you had best stay as you are.
:04:37
''Yes, stay as you are.
You Iook very comeIy...
:04:41
''so innocent and unprepared,
not at aII primped up.
:04:45
''And that's the main thing right now.
:04:48
''I have something to teII you, Effi.''
She took her daughter by both hands.
:04:52
''I must teII you....''
:04:54
''What's the matter, Mama?
You frighten me.''
:04:57
''I have to teII you, Effi...
:04:59
''that Baron Innstetten
has asked for your hand.''
:05:03
''Asked to marry me? SeriousIy?''
:05:05
''It's not a matter to joke about.
:05:07
''You saw him two days ago,
and I think you Iiked him.
:05:11
''He is oIder than you,
but that is aII to the good.
:05:14
''He's a man of good character,
weII-situated and weII-bred...
:05:18
''and if you don't say no,
which I scarceIy expect you to do...
:05:22
''by the age of 20, you wiII be...
:05:25
''where others are at 40.
:05:26
''You'II rise much higher than your mother.''
:05:36
Effi, come here!
:05:49
Effi was not greatIy interested...
:05:52
in mundane possessions...
:05:54
but when she went stroIIing
with her mother...
:05:57
perusing the window dispIays
and went into the Demuth store...