26 (i) : Catherine asks Bluntschli to leave her house immediately as she does not want her husband Paul Petkoff, and Sergius to meet him and thus realise that that the two women who had given him refuge were Catherine and Raina and that the house was the one in which he had sought refuge as a fugitive. She also did not want to be found to be an unpatriotic Bulgarian who hid the country's enemies from their soldiers. She also did not want them to know that raina and herself had been so easily swayed by "persuasive traveller's manners."
(ii) : The secret which is not known to Catherine's husband and future son-in-law is that Raina and catherine are the lady and her mother who had given refuge to Captain Bluntschli when he sought refuge in their house after the defeat of the Serbs at the battle at Slvnitza.
While Catherine tells Bluntschli that there will be terrible consequences for herself and her daughter and their lives would not be safe if her husband found out the secret. However, Catherine feels that they will be found out to be unpatriotic Bulgarians and Sergius would realise that Raina was not faithful to him and their engagement could be in jeopardy.
(iii) : Catherine calls Bluntschli a foreigner because he is a foreigner - he is a Swiss national.
Catherine is talking about the national animosity between the Bulgarians and the Serbians. She had expressed this earlier in the play when she was disgusted that 'peace' had been declared with the Serbs. She had wanted Serbia to be annexed to Bulgaria and Prince Alexander made Emperor of the Balkans.
(iv) : Catherine says that "they" - meaning the members of her family, especially her husband and her future son-in-law. She is really creating an excuse for her to get rid of Bluntschli from her home. She does not realise how well her husband and Sergius have got to know Bluntschli and thus attempts to portray them as being still very angry with the Serbs and with aggressive feelings against them, and those, like Bluntschli, who had been part of the Serbian war effort.
(v) : Catherine is talking about the peace treaty which had been signed between the Bulgarians and Serbs about three days previously at Bucharest - the peace-treaty Paul and told her of.
According to Catherine the effect of the peace-treaty on her husband was that it had left him frustrated - "like a lion baulked of his prey" ! She meant to say that her husband was still very incensed against the Serbs and a small excuse would be sufficient for him to pick a quarrel or fight with one of them.
(ii) : The secret which is not known to Catherine's husband and future son-in-law is that Raina and catherine are the lady and her mother who had given refuge to Captain Bluntschli when he sought refuge in their house after the defeat of the Serbs at the battle at Slvnitza.
While Catherine tells Bluntschli that there will be terrible consequences for herself and her daughter and their lives would not be safe if her husband found out the secret. However, Catherine feels that they will be found out to be unpatriotic Bulgarians and Sergius would realise that Raina was not faithful to him and their engagement could be in jeopardy.
(iii) : Catherine calls Bluntschli a foreigner because he is a foreigner - he is a Swiss national.
Catherine is talking about the national animosity between the Bulgarians and the Serbians. She had expressed this earlier in the play when she was disgusted that 'peace' had been declared with the Serbs. She had wanted Serbia to be annexed to Bulgaria and Prince Alexander made Emperor of the Balkans.
(iv) : Catherine says that "they" - meaning the members of her family, especially her husband and her future son-in-law. She is really creating an excuse for her to get rid of Bluntschli from her home. She does not realise how well her husband and Sergius have got to know Bluntschli and thus attempts to portray them as being still very angry with the Serbs and with aggressive feelings against them, and those, like Bluntschli, who had been part of the Serbian war effort.
(v) : Catherine is talking about the peace treaty which had been signed between the Bulgarians and Serbs about three days previously at Bucharest - the peace-treaty Paul and told her of.
According to Catherine the effect of the peace-treaty on her husband was that it had left him frustrated - "like a lion baulked of his prey" ! She meant to say that her husband was still very incensed against the Serbs and a small excuse would be sufficient for him to pick a quarrel or fight with one of them.
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