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THE AMERICAN-SCANDINA VI AN REVIEW 
Jesper Admiring the Rear View 
Von Tyboe. Jesper, what do you think of 
my figure? 
Jesper. It’s something wonderful to see my 
lord’s figure; there isn’t a tailor in town who 
has a better figure. (He coughs.) 
Von Tyboe. What are you saying, tailor? 
Jesper. I didn’t get a chance to finish, my 
lord. What I meant to say was: There isn’t 
a tailor in town who has a better figure (coughs 
again) to fit. 
Von Tyboe. You are right, for the other day 
one of my friends scolded my tailor because 
he did not fit his clothes so well as mine, and he 
said, “My lord has not Von Tyboe’s shape.” I 
have to bribe people to criticize my figure so 
I can have peace from the women. 
Jacob von Tyboe, Act II, Scene 2. 
Drawing by Marstrand 
Monsieur Olsen has “Tea de Buff” 
Corfitz. Where have you been, brother-in- 
law? You are a little fuddled. 
Jens Olsen. I’m full as a pig. 
Corfitz. Sit down and rest a little. 
Jens Olsen (sits down). Let me have some 
tea! I’m so thir-r-sty. . . . 
Jens Olsen. Why, there is tea! (He empties 
the officer’s glass.) Ah, that did me good. Was 
that tea de buff? 
Officer (taps him on the nose). It is a com¬ 
pliment de beauf, Monsieur Olsen, to empty 
another man’s glass. 
The Lying-in Chamber, Act IV, Scene 4. 
Drawing by Marstrand 
