good taste. Good proof of that are the moral works of art which
you patronize.

DR. WASNER. The matter we are discussing is more serious than
reforming bad taste.

FRAU LUND. There is nothing more serious.

DR. WASNER [knowingly]. If you but knew, Frau Lund!

FRAU LUND. I don't have to call and see your collection. Frankly,
to me, the most obscene picture in your gallery could not be more
disgusting than the talk you carry on in your meetings.

BEERMANN. Oh! Oh!

FRAU LUND. The nudity of the human body is not disgusting. It is
the nudity of your mind. No vice is as repulsive as that virtue of
yours which loudly uncovers itself in public--in market places.
Vice has at least the shame to hide itself.

BEERMANN [to Bolland]. Can you understand her?

BOLLAND. I must admit, I can't.

DR. WASNER. Gnadige Frau stated that vice hides itself. But in
spite of that it exists.

BOLLAND. Yes, she admitted that it exists.