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Transcript of The Beaver Coat
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THE BEAVER COAT
A THIEVES' COMEDY
LIST OF CHARACTERS
VON WEHRHAHN, Justice.
KRUEGER, Capitalist in a small way.
DR. FLEISCHER.
PHILIP, his son.
MOTES.
MRS. MOTES.
MRS. WOLFF, Washerwoman.
JULIUS WOLFF, her husband.
LEONTINE, ADELAIDE, her daughters.
WULKOW, Lighterman.
GLASENAPP, Clerk in the Justice's court.
MITTELDORF, Constable.
Scene of the action: anywhee in the nei!h"o#hoo$ of Be%in.
THE FIRST ACT
A small, blue-tinted kitchen with low ceiling; a window at the let; at the right a
door o rough boards leading out into the open; in the rear mall an empty casing
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rom which the door has been lited.!"n the let corner a lat o#en, abo#e which
hang kitchen utensils in a wooden rame; in the right corner oars and other boating
implements. $ough, stubby pieces o hewn wood lie in a heap under the window. Anold kitchen bench, se#eral stools, etc.!%hrough the empty casing in the rear a
second room is #isible. "n it stands a high, neatly, made bed; abo#e it hang cheap
photographs in still cheaper rames, small chromolithographs, etc. A chair o sotmood stands with its back against the bed.!"t is winter and moonlight. &n the o#en
a tallow-candle is burning in a candle-stick o tin. L&(%"( W&L)) has allen
asleep on a stool by the o#en and rests her head and arms on it. *he is a pretty, air girl o se#enteen in the working garb o a domestic ser#ant. A woolen shawl is tied
o#er her cotton +acket.!)or se#eral seconds there is silence. %hen someone is
heard trying to unlock the door rom without. ut the key is in the lock and a
knocking ollows.
MRS. &OLFF
[nseen, rom without.] Adelaide! Adelaide! [%here is no answer and a loud knocking is heard at
the window.] Ae "# $"i%& '" "(e% " %"')
LEOTIE
[ rowsily.] N", %", I&* %"' $"i%& '" +e a+#ed '-a' a!
MRS. &OLFF
O(e%, $il, " I&ll /"*e i% '-"#$- '-e i%d"!
[*he raps #iolently at the panes.
LEOTIE
[Waking up.] O-, i'& "#, *a*a! I&* /"*i%$ %"!
[*he unlocks the door rom within.
MRS. &OLFF
[Without laying down a sack which she carries o#er her shoulder.] W-a' ae you d"i%& -ee)
LEOTIE
[*leepily.] E0e%i%&, *a*a.
MRS. &OLFF
H" did "# $e' i% -ee, e-)
LEOTIE
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Well, a%&' '-e 1e li%& "% '-e $"a' -ed)
MRS. &OLFF
2#' -a' d" "# a%' -ee a' -"*e)
LEOTIE
[ Awkwardly aected and aggrie#ed.] S" "# d"%&' a%' *e '" /"*e %" *"e a' all)
MRS. &OLFF
A, "# 3#' $" a-ead a%d (#' "% '-a' a! I&* " 4"%d "& '-a'! [*he lets the sack drop rom her shoulder.] 5"# d"%&' 1%" %"'-i%&, I &(("e, a+"#' -" la'e i'& $e''i%&) 5"# -# a%d $" +a/1 '"
"# *i'e.
LEOTIE
I' *a''e a -"le l"', d"%&' i', i4 I $e' +a/1 '-ee a li''le '"" la'e)
MRS. &OLFF
5"# a%' '" +e l""1i%& "#', &#%de'a%d) 5"# ee '" i' '-a' "# $", " "#&ll /a'/- i'!
LEOTIE
[%earully and deiantly.] I ai%&' $"i%& +a/1 '" '-e* (e"(le %" *"e, *a*a!
MRS. &OLFF
[ Astonished.] N"' $"i%&)6 [ "ronically.] O-, %"! T-a'& "*e'-i%& 7#i'e %e!
LEOTIE
Well, I d"%&' ha#e '" le' *el4 +e a+#ed '-a' a!
MRS. &OLFF
[ usy e/tracting a piece o #enison rom the sack.] S" '-e K#e$e a+#e "#, d" '-e) A, '-e ("" /-ild '-a' "# ae!8D"%&' "# /"*e "#%d *e i'- #/- 4""l 'al1! A e%/- li1e a
da$""%6! Hee, le%d a -a%d i'- '-i a/1, a' '-e +"''"*. 5"# /a%&' a/' *"e li1e a 4""l, e-)5"# "%&' $e' %" $""d "#' "& *e '-a' a! 5"# /a%&' lea% la9i%& a"#%d, -ee, a' all. [%hey hang up the #enison on the door.] N" I 'ell "# 4" '-e la' 'i*e6.
LEOTIE
I ai%&' $"i%& +a/1 '" '-e* (e"(le, I 'ell "#. I&d 3#*( i% '-e i0e 4i'!
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MRS. &OLFF
See '-a' "# d"%&' /a'/- a /"ld d"i%& i'.
LEOTIE
I&ll 3#*( i% '-e i0e!
MRS. &OLFF
G" a-ead. Le' *e 1%" a+"#' i' a%d I&ll $i0e "# a -"0e " "# d"%&' *i i'.
LEOTIE
[*creaming.] D" I -a0e '" 'a%d 4" '-a', '-a' I $"''a da$ i% '" l"ad "& ""d a' %i$-'!
MRS. &OLFF
[ "n mock astonishment.] Well, %", '-a'& (e'' a4#l, ai%&' i') 5"# $"''a da$ i% ""d) S#/-
(e"(le, I 'ell "#!
LEOTIE
6 A%& I $e' 'e%' /"% 4" '-e -"le ea. I&* '" $e' * -a%d 4"':+i''e% 4" '-a', a* I)A%& %"' e%"#$- ("'a'"e a%d -ei%$ '" $" "#%d!
MRS. &OLFF
5"# %eed%&' $" 4#i%& a+"#' '-a', "# ill $il. Hee& '-e 1e; $", /#' "#el4 "*e +ead. A%&-e% "#&0e -ad e%"#$-, $" "# a, &#%de'a%d) T-e (l#* +#''e& i% '-e '"( /#(+"ad.
LEOTIE
[%akes a large loa o bread rom a drawer and cuts some slices.] A%& J#'e $e' 4"' /"% aea 4"* '-e S/-#l9e& a%&6.
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' "# ' '" +e $"i%& '"" 4a'.85"# ai%&' $"i%& '" 'a i'- '-e* (e"(le ala; "# ai%&'
-ied "#' '" &e* 4"e0e.8Lea0e &e* "% '-e 4i' "4 A(il, 4" all I /ae.82#' #( '" '-e%, "#
'i/1 '" "# (la/e.8N" '-a' "# $"' "# <-i'*a (ee%' i% "# ("/1e', "# a%' '" #%aa, d" "#) T-a'& %" a. I -a0e deali%& i'- '-e* (e"(le, a%& I ai%&' $"i%& '" -a0e '-a' 1i%d
"& '-i%$ -eld a$ai%' *e.
LEOTIE
T-ee +i' "& a$ '-a' I $"' "% -ee)
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MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e 4"$e''i%& '-e /a- "# $"')
LEOTIE
5e! Si= -illi%&. T-a' a a -"le l"'!
MRS. &OLFF
<a- i /a-! 5"# %eed%&' 1i/1.
LEOTIE
2#' i4 I /a% $" a%& *a1e *"e)
MRS. &OLFF
5e, 'al1i%&!
LEOTIE
N", ei%&! I /a% $" i% '" 2eli% a%d e /l"a1. E*il S'e/-"& +ee% d"i%& '-a' e0e i%/e Ne
5ea.
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' /"*e 'elli%& *e a+"#' '-a' la''e%! I&d li1e '" $e' * -a%d "% -e, '-a'& all. I&d $i0e '-a'
/i''# a (ie/e "& * *i%d! 5"#&d li1e '" +e ("*"'ed i%'" -e /la, "#ld "#) T" $" ("'i%& all%i$-' i'- '-e 4ell") J#' '" +e '-i%1i%& "& '-a' *a1e *e 4eel '-a' I&d li1e '" +ea' "# " "#
/a%&' -adl 'a%d #(.8N" (a(a& /"*i%& a%& "#&d +e''e l""1 "#'!
LEOTIE
I4 (a(a '-a-e *e, I&ll #% aa. I&ll ee -" I /a% $e' al"%$!
MRS. &OLFF
S-#' #( %"! G" a%& 4eed '-e $"a'. T-e ai%&' +ee% *il1ed e' '":%i$-' %ei'-e. A%& $i0e '-e
a++i' a -a%d4#l "& -a.
L&(%"( tries to make her escape. "n the door, howe#er, she runs into her ather,but slips 0uickly by him with a perunctory E0e%i%&.
JL"* W&L)), the ather, is a shipwright. A tall man, with dull eyes and slothul
gestures, about orty-three years old.!1e places two long oars, which he has
brought in across his shoulder in a corner and silently throws down his shipwright'stools.
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MRS. &OLFF
Did "# *ee' E*il)
JULIUS growls.
MRS. &OLFF
<a%&' "# 'al1) 5e " %") I -e $"i%& '" /"*e a"#%d, e-)
()LI)S
[ "rritated.] G" i$-' a-ead! S/ea* all "# a%' '"!
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e a 4i%e, +a0e 4ell", ai%&' "#) A%& all '-e -ile "# 4"$e' '" -#' '-e d"".
()LI)S
[Closes the door.] W-a'& #( a$ai% i'- Le"%'i%e)
MRS. &OLFF
A, %"'-i%&.8W-a' 1i%d "4 a l"ad did E*il -a0e)
()LI)S
2i/1 a$ai%. W-a' d&"# #(("e -e '""1 i%)82#' -a'& #( i'- '-a' $il a$ai%)
MRS. &OLFF
Did -e -a0e -al4 a l"ad " a -"le l"ad)
()LI)S
[ )lying into a rage.] W-a'& #( i'- '-e e%/-, I a1 "#)
MRS. &OLFF
[&utdoing him in #iolence.] A%& I a%' '" 1%" -" +i$ a l"ad E*il -ad8a -al4 " a -"le +"a'4#ll)
()LI)S
T-a'& i$-'! G" "%! T-e -"le '-i%$ 4#ll.
MRS. &OLFF
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S'! J#li#!
[*uddenly rightened she shoots the window latch.
()LI)S
[*cared and staring at her, is silent. Ater a ew moments, sotly.] I'& a "#%$ 4"e'e 4"*
Ri=d"4.
MRS. &OLFF
G" a%& /ee( #%de '-e +ed, J#li#. [ Ater a pause.] I4 "%l "# a%&' #/- a% a4#l 4""l. 5"#
d"%&' "(e% "# *"#'- +#' -a' "# a/' li1e a e$#la 'a*(. 5"# d"%&' #%de'a%d %"'-i%& "& #/-
'-i%$, i4 "# a%' '" 1%" i'. 5"# le' *e l""1 "#' 4" '-e $il. T-a' ai%&' %" (a' "& "#/"%/e%. T-a'& a (a' "4 * /"%/e%. Wi'- +" '-a'&d +e a di44ee%' '-i%$. I "#ld%&' " *#/- a
$i0e "# ad0i/e. 2#' e0e+"d& $"' '-ei "% /"%/e%.
()LI)S
T-e% d"%&' le' -e /"*e #%%i%& 'ai$-' a/" * a.
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e "# a%' '" +ea' -e 'ill -e /a%&' al1. D"%&' "# 'a1e %"'-i%& li1e '-a' i%'" "# -ead.D"%&' "# '-i%1 I&* $"i%& '" all" a%'-i%& li1e '-a'! I le' -e +e +ea'e% +la/1 a%& +l#e) We /&%
*a1e "# 4"'#%e i'- '-a' $il. I i- "# -ad e%e a+"#' "*e '-i%$!
()LI)S
Well, '-e% le' -e $" a%& ee -" -e $e' al"%$!
MRS. &OLFF
N"+"d %eed%&' +e /aed a+"#' '-a', J#li#. I ai%&' ai%& +#' -a' "#&ll li0e '" ee '-i%$. T-a'$il ill +e li0i%& #( "% '-e 4i' 4l"" "*e da a%d e&ll +e $lad '" -a0e -e /"%de/e%d '" 1%"
#. W-a' i i' '-e d"/'" aid '" *e) 5"# da#$-'e, -e a, i a -a%d"*e $il; -e&d *a1e a 'i
"% '-e 'a$e.
()LI)S
T-e% le' -e ee a+"#' $e''i%& '-ee.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# $"' %" ed#/a'i"%, J#li#. 5"% ai%&' $"' a 'a/e "4 i'. L"d, i4 i' -ad%&' +ee% 4" *e! W-a'
"#ld -a& +e/"*e "& '-"e $il! I +"#$-' &e* #( '" +e ed#/a'ed, &#%de'a%d) Ed#/a'i"% i '-e
*ai% '-i%$ '-ee da. 2#' '-i%$ d"%&' /"*e "44 all "4 a #dde%. O%e '-i%$ a4'e a%"'-e8'e(
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+ 'e(. N" -e& i% e0i/e a%& '-a'&ll lea% -e "*e'-i%&. T-e% *a+e, 4" * (a', -e /a% $"
i%'" 2eli%. S-e& *#/- '"" "#%$ 4" '-e 'a$e e'.
[ uring 2$*. W&L))'* speech repeated knocking has been heard. (ow ALA"'* #oice comes in. Ma*a! Ma*a! Pleae, d" "(e%! 2$*. W&L)) opens
the door, ALA" comes in. *he is a somewhat o#ergrown schoolgirl o ourteenwith a pretty, child-like ace. %he e/pression o her eyes, howe#er, betrays premature
corruption.
W- did%&' "# "(e% '-e d"", *a*a) I %eal $"' * -a%d a%d 4ee' 4"9e%!
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' 'a%d '-ee 3a++ei%& %"%e%e. Li$-' a 4ie i% '-e "0e% a%d "#&ll ""% +e a*. W-ee&0e
"# +ee% all '-i l"%$ 'i*e, a%-")
ADELAIDE
W-, did%&' I -a0e '" $" a%d 4e'/- '-e +""' 4" 4a'-e)
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# 'aid "#' '" -"# d"i%& i'!
ADELAIDE
Well, I did%&' 'a' '" $" 'ill e0e%.
MRS. &OLFF
O-, "# e%' a' e0e%, did "#) I'& -al4 (a' 'e% %". 5"# d"%&' 1%" '-a', e-) S" "#&0e +ee%
$"%e '-ee -"# a%& a -al4. T-a' ai%&' *#/-. O-, %". Well %" "# 3#' li'e% $""d '" -a' I&0e$"' '" 'ell "#. I4 "# $" a%& 'a '-a' l"%$ a$ai%, a%d (e/iall i'- '-a' l"# /"++le "4 a Fieli'9
8'-e% a'/- "#' a%& ee! T-a'& all I a.
ADELAIDE
O-, I $#e I ai%&' '" d" %"'-i%& e=/e(' 3#' *"(e a"#%d a' -"*e.
MRS. &OLFF
N" "# 1ee( 'ill a%& d"%&' le' *e -ea %" *"e.
ADELAIDE
A%& e0e% i4 I d" $" "0e '" Fieli'9& "*e'i*e6.
MRS. &OLFF
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Ae "# $"i%& '" 1ee( 'ill, I&d li1e '" 1%") 5"# 'ea/- *e '" 1%" Fieli'9! He %eed%&' +e (#''i%$
"%& 4a a I 1%". He& $"' a%"'-e 'ade e=/e('i%& 3#' e(aii%& -"e. W-e% a *a%& +ee% 'i/e
i% '-e (e%i'e%'ia6.
ADELAIDE
T-a' ai%&' '#e a' all6. T-a'& all 3#' a e' "& lie. He '"ld *e all a+"#' i' -i*el4, *a*a!
MRS. &OLFF
A i4 '-e -"le 0illa$e did%&' 1%", "# 4""l $il! T-a' *a%! I 1%" -a' -e i. He& a (i8
ADELAIDE
O-, +#' -e& 4ie%d e0e% i'- '-e 3#'i/e!
MRS &OLFF
I d"%&' d"#+' i'. He& a (. A%d -a'& *"e, -e& a >dee>%"#%/e!
ADELAIDE
W-a'& '-a'8a >dee>%"#%/e)
()LI)S
[ )rom the ne/t room, into which he has gone.] I&* 3#' ai'i%& '" -ea '" "d *"e.
[ ALA" turns pale and at once and silently she sets about building a ire in theo#en.
L&(%"( comes in.
MRS. &OLFF
[ 1as opened the stag. *he takes out the heart, li#er, etc, and hands them to L&(%"(.] T-ee,
-#, a- '-a' "44. A%& 1ee( 'ill, " "*e'-i%&ll -a((e% e'.
[ L&(%"(, ob#iously intimidated, goes at her task. %he girls whisper together.
MRS. &OLFF
Sa, J#li#. W-a' ae "# d"i%& i% '-ee) I $#e "#&ll $" a%& 4"$e' a$ai%. Did%&' I 'ell "# '-i
*"%i%& a+"#' '-e +"ad '-a'& /"*e l""e)
()LI)S
W-a' 1i%d "& +"ad)
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MRS. &OLFF
5"# d"%&' 1%", e-) 2e-i%d '-ee, + '-e $"a':-ed. T-e i%d l""e%ed i' la& %i$-'. 5"# +e''e
$e' "#' '-ee a%& di0e a 4e %ail i%, &#%de'a%d)
()LI)S
A, '":*"" *"%i%&ll +e a%"'-e da, '"".
MRS. &OLFF
O-, %". D"%&' 'a1e '" '-i%1i%& '-a' a. We ai%&' $"i%& '" *a1e '-a' 1i%d "4 a 'a'8%"' e.
[ JL"* comes into the room growling.] T-ee, 'a1e, '-e -a**e! Hee& "# %ail! N" -#
a%& $e' i' d"%e.
()LI)S
5"#&e a +i' "44& "# -ead.
MRS. &OLFF
[Calling out ater him.] W-e% W#l1" /"*e -a' d&"# a%' *e '" a1)
()LI)S
A+"#' 'el0e -illi%& #e.
[ /it.
MRS. &OLFF
[Contemptuously.] A, 'el0e -illi%&. [ A pause.] N" "# 3#' -# " '-a' (a(a $e' -i#((e.
[ A brie pause.
ADELAIDE
[ Looking at the stag.] W-a'& '-a' a%-", *a*a)
MRS. &OLFF
A '"1.
[ oth girls laugh.
ADELAIDE
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A '"1, e-) A '"1 ai%&' $"' -"%. I 1%" -a' '-a' i8'-a'& a 'a$!
MRS. &OLFF
Well, i4 "# 1%" - d&"# $" a%& a1)
LEOTIE
Did (a(a -""' i', *a*a)
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& i$-'! G" a%d /ea* i' '-"#$- '-e 0illa$e? Pa(a& -"' a 'a$!
ADELAIDE
I&ll 'a1e *i$-' $""d /ae %"' '". T-a'&d *ea% '-e /"(!
LEOTIE
A, I ai%&' /aed "& ("li/e*a% S/-#l9. He /-#/1ed *e #%de '-e /-i% "%/'.
MRS. &OLFF
He /&% /"*e a%-". We ai%&' d"i%& %"'-i%& "%$. I4 a 'a$& 4#ll "& lead a%d la '-ee di%& a%&
%"+"d 4i%d i', -a' -a((e%) T-e a0e% ea' i'. Well %", i4 '-e a0e% ea' i' " e ea' i', i'&$"i%& '" +e ea'e% a%-". [ A brie pause.] Well %", 'ell *e? 5"# a a=ed '" /a ""d i%)
LEOTIE
5e, i% '-i 4"'! T" l"ad "& e$#la /l#*(! A%& '-a' -e% a (e"% i 'ied a a d"$, a' -al4
(a' %i%e i% '-e e0e%i%&!
MRS. &OLFF
A%& %" I #(("e '-a' ""d i li%& '-ee i% '-e 'ee')
LEOTIE
I'& li%& i% 4"%' "& '-e $ade% $a'e. T-a'& all I 1%".
MRS. &OLFF
Well %", +#' #(("i%& "*e+"d $"e a%d 'eal '-a' ""d) W-a'& $"i%& '" -a((e% i% '-e
*"%i%& '-e%)
LEOTIE
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I ai%&' $"i%& '-ee %" *"e!
MRS. &OLFF
Ae '-"e /l#*( $ee% " d)
LEOTIE
T-e&e 4i%e, d "%e! [*he yawns again and again.] O-, *a*a, I&* '-a' 'ied! I&0e 3#' -ad '""1 *el4 '" (ie/e.
[*he sits down with e#ery sign o utter e/haustion.
MRS. &OLFF
[ Ater a brie silence.] 5"# /&% 'a a' -"*e '"%i$-' 4" all I /ae. I&0e '-"#$-' i' all "#' a +i'
di44ee%'. A%& '":*"" *"%i%& e /&% ee.
LEOTIE
I&0e 3#' $"' a '-i% a /a% +e, *a*a! M /l"'-e i 3#' -a%$i%& "% '" *e.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# -# %" a%d $" i% '" +ed " (a(a&ll aie a " e'. He ai%&' $"' %" #%de'a%di%& 4" '-i%$
li1e '-a'.
ADELAIDE
Pa(a ala (ea1 " #%ed#/a'ed!
MRS. &OLFF
Well, -e did%&' lea% '" -a0e %" ed#/a'i"%. A%& '-a'&d +e 3#' '-e a*e '-i%$ i'- "# i4 I -ad%&' +"#$-' "# #( '" +e ed#/a'ed. [ 1olding a saucepan o#er the o#en3 to L&(%"(3] <"*e %",
(#' i' i%! [ L&(%"( places the pieces o washed #enison into the sauce-pan.] S", %" $" '"
+ed.
LEOTIE
[4oes into the ne/t room. While she is still #isible, she says3] O-, *a*a, M"'e -a *"0ed aa
4"* K#e$e.
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e -e did%&' (a %" e%'.
LEOTIE
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I' a 3#' li1e (#lli%& a '""'- e0e 'i*e, M. K#e$e a, +#' -e (aid. A%-", -e a, -e -ad
'" 1i/1 -i* "#'. He& #/- a li%& l"#d*"#'-ed 4ell", a%d ala " -i$- a%d *i$-' '"ad M.
K#e$e.
MRS. &OLFF
I4 I -ad +ee% i% M. K#e$e& (la/e I "#ld%&' -a& 1e(' -i* '-a' l"%$.
LEOTIE
2e/a#e M. K#e$e #ed '" +e a /a(e%'e "%/', '-a'& - M"'e ala a/' " /"%'e*('#"#.
A%d '-e%, '"", -e 7#aelled i'- D. Flei/-e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, a%+"d '-a'&ll 7#ael i'- him6! I ai%&' ai%& a%'-i%&, +#' '-e* (e"(le "#ld%&' -a* a4l!
LEOTIE
T-e "%&' le' -i* /"*e '" '-e Flei/-e %" *"e.
MRS. &OLFF
I4 "# /"#ld $e' a /-a%/' '" "1 4" '-e* (e"(le "*e da!
LEOTIE
T-e 'ea' '-e $il li1e '-e a '-ei "% /-ilde%.
MRS. &OLFF
A%d -i +"'-e i% 2eli%, -e& /a-ie i% a '-ea'e.
&)L*O&
[ 1as knocked at the door repeatedly and now calls out in a hoarse #oice.] Ai%&' "# $"i%& '" -a0e
'-e 1i%d%e '" le' *e i%.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, I -"#ld a! W- %"'! Wal1 i$-' i%!
&)L*O&
[Comes in. 1e is a lighterman on the *pree ri#er, near si/ty years old, bent, with a greyish- yellow beard that rames his head rom ear to ear but lea#es his weather-beaten ace ree.] I i-
"# a 0e $""d e0e%i%&.
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MRS. &OLFF
L""1 a' -i* /"*i%& al"%$ a$ai% '" 'a1e i% a "*a% a li''le +i'.
&)L*O&
I&0e $i0e #( 'i%& '-a' '-i l"%$ -ile!
MRS. &OLFF
Ma+e, +#' '-a'& '-e a i'& $"i%& '" +e a%-".
&)L*O&
T&"'-e a "#%&, "# *ea%.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a'&ll i' +e %e=')8Hee i'& -a%$i%&! A $a%d 4elle, e-)
&)L*O&
I 'ell "#, J#li# "#$-' '" +e l""1i%& "#' -a(. T-e& $e''i%& '" +e (e'' 1ee% a$ai%.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' ae "# $"i%& '" $i0e # 4" i', '-a'& '-e *ai% '-i%$. W-a'& '-e #e "& 3a++ei%&)
&)L*O&
Well, I&* 'elli%& "#. I&* 'ai$-' 4"* G#e%a#. A%& '-ee I -ead i' 4" /e'ai%. T-e -"' Fi'9We+e. T-e 3#' a+"#' 4illed -i +ee/-e i'- lead.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' ae "# $"i%& '" $i0e) T-a'& '-e *ai% '-i%$.
&)L*O&
[ )eeling the stag.] T-e '"#+le i I $"' 4"# "& '-e* +#/1 li%& a' -"*e %".
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' ai%&' $"i%& '" *a1e "# +"a' i%1.
&)L*O&
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A%& I d"%&' a%' -e '" d" '-a'. T-a' "#ld%&' +e %" 3"1e. 2#' -a'& '-e $""d i4 I $e' '#/1 i'-
'-e '-i%$ -ee. I&0e $"''a $e' &e* i% '" 2eli%. I'& +ee% -ad e%"#$- "1 "% '-e i0e all da, a%&
i4 i' $"e "% 4ee9i%& '-i a, '-ee&ll +e %" $e''i%& al"%$ '":*"". T-e% I /&% i' i% '-e i/e i'-* +"a', a%& '-e% I&0e $"' '-ee '-i%$ 4" 4#%.
MRS. &OLFF
[ Apparently changing her mind.] Gil, "# #% d"% '" S/-#l9e. Sa -":dee:d" a%& -e& '"
/"*e #( a -ile, /a#e *"'-e -a "*e'-i%& '" ell.
&)L*O&
Did I a a I a%&' $"i%& '" +# i')
MRS. &OLFF
I'& all '-e a*e '" *e -" +# i'.
&)L*O&
Well, I&* illi%& '".
MRS. &OLFF
A% "%e '-a' d"%&' a%' i' /a% le' i' +e.
&)L*O&
I&ll +# '-i 4elle! W-a'& -e "'-)
MRS. &OLFF
[%ouching the #enison.] T-i -ee (ie/e ei$- a $""d '-i' ("#%d. E0e +i' "4 i', I /&% 'ell
"#. Well, Adelaide! 5"# a -ee. We /"#ld -adl li4' i' #(.
ADELAIDE
[Who had not been present at all.] I (e'' %ea (ai%ed *el4 li4'i%& i'.
&)L*O&
T-i'ee% -illi%& ill (a 4" i', '-e%. A%& I "%&' +e *a1i%& 'e% (e%/e "% '-a' +a$ai%!
MRS. &OLFF
[ Acts ama5ed. *he busies hersel at the o#en as though she had orgotten WL6&W'* presence.%hen, as though suddenly becoming aware o it again, she says3] I i- "# a 0e (leaa%' 'i(.
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&)L*O&
Well. I /a%&' $i0e *"e '-a% '-i'ee%!
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& i$-'. Le' i' al"%e.
&)L*O&
I&* 3#' +#i%& i' 4" '-e a1e "& "# /#'"*. G"d 'i1e *e dead, +#' i'& a '#e a I&* 'a%di%&-ee. I d"%&' *a1e that *#/- i'- '-e -"le +#i%e. A%& e0e% i4 I a a%'i%& '" a? 4"#'ee%,
I&d +e (#''i%& #( *"%e, I&d +e "#' "%e -illi%&. 2#' I ai%&' $"i%& '" le' '-a' 'a%d +e'ee% #. J#' "
"# ee * $""d i%'e%'i"%, I&ll a 4"#'ee%6.
I /a%&' $i0e %" *"e. I&* 'elli%& "# 4a/'.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& all i$-'! T-a'& all i$-'! We /&% $e' id "& '-i 'a$. We "%&' -a0e '" 1ee( i' 'ill *"%i%$.
&)L*O&
5e, i4 "%l %"+"d d"%&' ee i' -a%$i%& -ee. M"%e "#ld%&' d" %" $""d '-e%.
MRS. &OLFF
T-i 'a$ -ee, e 4"#%d i' dead.
&)L*O&
5e, i% a 'a(. I +elie0e "#.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# %eed%&' ' '" $e' a"#%d # '-a' a. T-a' ai%&' $"i%& '" d" no $""d! 5"# a%' '" $"++le #(e0e'-i%& 4" %"'-i%&! We "1 'ill e $"' %" +ea'-. H"# a%& -"# "a1i%& i% '-e %", %"' '"
(ea1 "& '-e i1, '-ee i% '-e (i'/- da1. T-a'& %" 3"1e, I 'ell "#.
&)L*O&
T-e "%l '"#+le i '-a' I $"' 4"# "4 &e* alead. O I&d a 4i4'ee% -illi%& 7#i/1 e%"#$-.
MRS. &OLFF
N", W#l1", e /a%&' d" +#i%e '"$e'-e '"da. 5"# /&% +e ea a%& $" a d"" 4#'-e. We 3#'
da$$ed "#el0e a/" '-e la1e 6 a -ai+ead'- a%& e "#ld&0e +ee% '#/1 i% '-e i/e. We
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/"#ld%&' $e' 4"ad a%& e /"#ld%&' $e' +a/1ad. 5"# /a%&' $i0e aa "*e'-i%& "# $"' "
-ad.
&)L*O&
Well, -a' d" I $e' "#' "4 i' all, I a%' '" 1%"! T-i -ee li$-'e +#i%e ai%&' a %a'#al '-i%$.A%& ("a/-i%&, '-a'& a +ad 3"+. I4 "# all $e' %a++ed, I&d +e '-e 4i' "%e '" 4l i%. I +ee% "i%&
al"%$ '-ee 4"' ea. W-a'&0e I $"' '":da) T-e -e#*a'i98'-a'& -a'! W-e% I $e' #( "&
*"%i%& eal, I $"''a -i%e li1e a (#(( d"$. 5ea a%& ea I +ee% a%'i%& '" +# *el4 a 4#:/"a'. T-a'& -a' all d"/'" -a ad0ied *e '" d", +e/a#e I&* '-a' e%i'i0e. 2#' I ai%&' +ee%
a+le '" +# *e %"%e. N"' '" '-i da. A%& '-a'& a '#e a I&* 'a%di%& -ee.
ADELAIDE
[%o her mother.] Did "# -ea -a' Le"%'i%e aid)
&)L*O&
2#' a%-". Le' i' $". I&ll a i='ee%.
MRS. &OLFF
N", i'& %" $""d. Ei$-'ee%! [%o ALA".] W-a'& '-a' "# a 'al1i%& a+"#')
ADELAIDE
M. K#e$e -a +"#$-' a 4#:/"a' '-a' /"' (e'' %ea a -#%ded /"%. I'& a +ea0e /"a'.
&)L*O&
A +ea0e /"a')
MRS. &OLFF
Who +"#$-' i')
ADELAIDE
W-, M. K#e$e, I 'ell "#, a a <-i'*a (ee%' 4" M. K#e$e.
&)L*O&
I '-a' $il i% e0i/e i'- '-e K#e$e)
ADELAIDE
N"' *e, +#' * i'e, I ai%&' $"i%& i% e0i/e li1e '-a' a' all.
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&)L*O&
Well %", i4 I /"#ld -a0e "*e'-i%& li1e '-a'! T-a'& '-e 1i%d "& '-i%$ I +ee% 'i%& '" $e' -"ld "4
all '-i 'i*e. I&d $ladl +e $i0i%& i=' /"% 4" i'. All '-i *"%e '-a' $"e '" d"/'" a%dd#$$i', I&d *#/- a'-e (e%d i' 4" 4#. I&d $e' "*e (lea#e "#' "4 '-a' a' lea'.
MRS. &OLFF
All "# $"''a d" i '" $" '-ee, W#l1". Ma+e K#$e&ll *a1e "# a (ee%' "4 '-e /"a'.
&)L*O&
I d"%&' #(("e -e&d d" i' 1i%dl. 2#'& I aid? I&* i%'ee'ed i% '-a' "' "& '-i%$.
MRS. &OLFF
I +elie0e "#. I "#ld%&' *i%d -a0i%& a '-i%$ li1e '-a' *el4.
&)L*O&
H" d" e 'a%d %") Si='ee%)
MRS. &OLFF
N"'-i%& le&% ei$-'ee%&ll d". N"' #%de ei$-'ee%8'-a'& -a' J#li# aid. I "#ld%&' dae -"
#( i'- i='ee%. N", i. W-e% '-a' *a% 'a1e "*e'-i%& li1e '-a' i%'" -i -ead! [ JL"* comes
in.] Well, J#li#, "# aid ei$-'ee% -illi%&, did%&' "#)
()LI)S
W-a'& '-a' I aid)
MRS. &OLFF
Ae "# -ad "& -eai%& a$ai% 4" a /-a%$e) 5"# aid "#el4? %"' #%de ei$-'ee%. 5"# '"ld *e
%"' '" ell '-e 'a$ 4" le.
()LI)S
I aid)6 O-, e, '-a' '-ee (ie/e "& 0e%i"%! T-a'& i$-'. H:*. A%& '-a' ai%&' a +i' '"" *#/-;
ei'-e.
&)L*O&
[%aking' out money and counting it.] We&ll *a1e a% e%d "& '-i. Se0e%'ee% -illi%&. I i' a
+a$ai%)
MRS. &OLFF
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5"#&e a $ea' 4elle, "# ae! T-a'& -a' I aid e=a/'l? -e d"%&' -adl -a0e '" /"*e i% '-e d""
+#' a (e"% i 'a1e% i%!
&)L*O&
[ 1as unrolled a sack which had been hidden about his person.] N" -el( *e -""' i' i$-' i%-ee. [ 2$*. W&L)) helps him place the #enison in the sack.] A%& i4 + "*e /-a%' "# -"#ld
/"*e '" -ea "& "*e'-i%& li1e '-a'8-a' I *ea% i, 3#' 4& i%'a%/e8a84# /"a' li1e '-a', 4&
i%'a%/e. Sa, i=' " e0e%' /"%. I /"#ld aie '-a', a%& I "#ld%&' *i%d i%0e'i%& i'.
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e "# ai%&' i$-' i% "# -ead6! H" -"#ld we /"*e + a /"a' li1e '-a')
A MA'S VOICE
[Calls rom without.] M. W"l44! O-, M. W"l44! Ae "# 'ill #()
MRS. &OLFF
[*haring the consternation o the others, rapidly, tensely.] Sli( i' i%! Sli( i' i%! A%d $e' i% '-e
"'-e ""*!
[*he crowds them all into the rear room and locks the door.
A MA'S VOICE
M. W"l44! O-, M. W"l44! Ha0e "# $"%e '" +ed)
2$*. W&L)) e/tinguishes the light.
A MA'S VOICE
M. W"l44! M. W"l44! Ae "# 'ill #() [%he #oice recedes singing3]
@M"%i%$e:ed, *"%i%$e:ed,
T-"# il' -i%e -e% I a* dea:ead!@
LEOTIE
A, '-a'& "%l "ld @M"%i%$ed,@ *a*a!
MRS. &OLFF
[ Listens or a while, opens the door sotly and listens again. When she is satisied she closes the
door and lights the candle. %hereupon she admits the others again.] &Ta "%l '-e /"%'a+le
Mi''eld"4.
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&)L*O&
T-e de0il, "# a. T-a'& %i/e a/7#ai%'a%/e 4" "# '" -a0e.
MRS. &OLFF
G" "% a+"#' "# a %"! H#!
ADELAIDE
Ma*a, Mi%" -a +ee% +a1i%&.
MRS. &OLFF
H#, -#, W#l1"! Ge' "#' %"! A%& '-e +a/1 a '-"#$- '-e 0e$e'a+le $ade%! J#li# ill
"(e% 4" "#. G" "%, J#li#, a%& "(e% '-e $a'e.
&)L*O&
A%& I aid, i4 "*e'-i%& li1e #/- a +ea0e /"a' was '" '#% #(, -8
MRS. &OLFF
S#e. J#' *a1e -a'e %".
&)L*O&
I4 '-e S(ee d"%&' 4ee9e "0e, I&ll +e $e''i%& +a/1 i%, a, '-ee " 4"# da 4"* 2eli%. A%& I&ll +e
li%& i'- * +"a' d"% '-ee.
MRS. &OLFF
2 '-e +i$ +id$e)
&)L*O&
W-ee I ala lie. Well, J#li#, '"ddle a-ead!
[ /it.
ADELAIDE
Ma*a, Mi%" -a +ee% +a1i%& a$ai%.
MRS. &OLFF
[ At the o#en.] O-, le' -i* +a1!
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[ A long-drawn call is heard in the distance. @Fe "0e!@]
ADELAIDE
S"*e+"d a%' '" $e' a/" '-e i0e, *a*a!
MRS. &OLFF
Well, $"&% 'ell (a(a. He& d"% '-ee + '-e i0e.8[@Fe "0e!@] A%& 'a1e -i* -i "a. 2#' -e"#$-' '" le' W#l1" $e' a +i' "4 a 'a' 4i'.
ALA" goes out with the oars. )or a little while 2$*. W&L)) is alone. *he
marks energetically. %hen ALA" returns.
ADELAIDE
Pa(a& $"' -i "a d"% i% '-e +"a'.
MRS. &OLFF
W-" a%' '" $e' a/" '-e i0e '-i 'i*e "& %i$-')
ADELAIDE
I +elie0e, *a*a, i'& '-a' '""(id M"'e!
MRS. &OLFF
W-a') W-" i&' "# a)
ADELAIDE
I '-i%1 '-e 0"i/e a M"'e& 0"i/e.
MRS. &OLFF
[7ehemently.] G" d"%! Ra%! Tell (a(a '" /"*e #(! T-a' 4""l M"'e /a% 'a "% '-e "'-e ide.He d"%&' %eed '" /"*e %i44i%& a"#%d i% '-e -"#e -ee.
ALA" e/its. 2$*. W&L)) hides and clears away e#erything that could in any
degree suggest the episode o the stag. *he co#ers the sauce-pan with an apron.
ALA" comes back.
ADELAIDE
Ma*a, I $"' d"% '-ee '"" la'e. I -ea &e* 'al1i%& a&ead.
MRS. &OLFF
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Well, -" i i' '-e%)
ADELAIDE
I&0e +ee% 'elli%& "#? M"'e.
2$. and 2$*. 2&%* appear in turn in the doorway. oth are o medium height.
*he is an alert young woman o about thirty, modestly and neatly dressed. 1e wearsa green orester's o#ercoat; his ace is healthy but insigniicant; his let eye is
concealed by a black bandage.
MRS. MOTES
[Calls in.] We %eal $"' "# %"e 4"9e%, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
W- d" "# $" al1i%& a' %i$-'. 5"# $"' 'i*e e%"#$- -e% i'& +i$-' da.
MOTES
I'& %i/e a%d a* -ee.8W-"& '-a' -" -a 'i*e + da)
MRS. &OLFF
W-, "#!
MOTES
I #(("e "# '-i%1 I li0e "% * 4"'#%e.
MRS. &OLFF
I d"%&' 1%"; I ai%&' ai%& -a' "# li0e "%.
MRS. MOTES
Hea0e%, "# %eed%&' +e " /". We i*(l a%'ed '" a1 a+"#' "# +ill.
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&0e a1ed a+"#' '-a' a $""d deal *"e&% "%/e.
MRS. MOTES
Ve ell. S" e&e a1i%$ a$ai%. A%'-i%$ "%$ i'- '-a') We -a0e '" (a "*e'i*e, "#
1%")
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MRS. &OLFF
[ Astonished.] 5"# a%' '" (a)
MRS. MOTES
O4 /"#e, e d". Na'#all.
MOTES
5"# a/' a i4 "# ee 7#i'e "0e-el*ed. Did "# '-i%1 e&d #% "44 i'-"#' (ai%$)
MRS. &OLFF
I ai%&' $i0e% '" '-i%1i%& #/- '-i%$. I4 "# a%' '" +e " $""d '-e%. Hee, e /a% aa%$e i$-'
%". T-e a*"#%' i ele0e% -illi%&, i= (e%/e.
MRS. MOTES
O-, e. M. W"l44. We&e $"i%$ '" $e' *"%e. T-e (e"(le a"#%d -ee ill "(e% '-ei ee
ide.
MOTES
T-ee& a *ell "4 "a'ed -ae -ee.
MRS. &OLFF
2#%ed -ai! T-a'&d +e *"e li1el.
MOTES
Le'& 'a1e a l""1 a%d ee.
[ 1e is about to take the co#er rom the sauce-pan.
MRS. &OLFF
[ 8re#ents him.] N" %i44i%& &"#%d i% * ("'.
MRS. MOTES
[Who has obser#ed e#erything distrustully.] M. W"l44, e&0e 4"#%d "*e'-i%$, '"".
MRS. &OLFF
I ai%&' l"' %"'-i%&.
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MRS. MOTES
T-ee, l""1 a' '-ee.
[*he shows her se#eral wire snares.
MRS. &OLFF
[Without losing her e0uanimity in the slightest.] I #(("e '-e* ae %ae)
MRS. MOTES
We 4"#%d '-e* 7#i'e i% '-e %ei$-+"#-""d -ee! S/a/el 'e%' (a/e 4"* "# $ade%.
MRS. &OLFF
L"d l"0e "#! T-e a*"#%' "4 ("a/-i%& '-a'& d"%e -ee!
MRS. MOTES
I4 "# ee '" 1ee( a -a( l""1"#', "# *i$-' a/'#all /a'/- '-e ("a/-e "*e da.
MRS. &OLFF
A, #/- '-i%$ i %" /"%/e% "& *i%e.
MOTES
I4 I /"#ld 3#' $e' -"ld "4 a a/al li1e '-a'. Fi', I&d $i0e -i* "*e'-i%$ '" e*e*+e *e +, a%d'-e% I&d *e/ilel '#% -i* "0e '" '-e ("li/e.
MRS. MOTES
M. W"l44 -a0e "# $"' a 4e 4e- e$$)
MRS. &OLFF
N", i% '-e *iddle "4 i%'e) T-e&e (e'' /a/e!
MOTES
[%o JL"*, who has +ust come in.] F"e'e Seidel -a %a++ed a ("a/-e a$ai%. He&ll +e 'a1e% '"'-e de'e%'i"% (i"% '":*"". T-ee& a% "44i/e i'- 'le a+"#' -i*. I4 I -ad%&' -ad *
*i4"'#%e, I /"#ld -a0e +ee% a -ead 4"e'e '":da. I&d $" a4'e '-"e d"$ e0e% *"e
e%e$e'i/all.
MRS. &OLFF
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T-ee& *a% a "%e -a -ad '" (a 4" d"i%& '-a'!
MOTES
5e, i4 -e& a4aid. I&* %"'! I&0e de%"#%/ed 7#i'e a 4e alead. [ )i/ing his ga5e keenly on 2$*.
W&L)) and her husband in turn.] A%d '-ee ae a 4e "'-e -"e 'i*e i /"*i%$. T-e&ll #%'ai$-' i%'" * $i( "*e da. T-ee e''e "4 %ae %eed%&' '-i%1 '-a' I d"%&' 1%" '-e*. I
1%" '-e* 0e ell.
MRS. MOTES
Ha0e "# +ee% +a1i%$, (e-a(, M. W"l44) We&e " 'ied "4 +a1e& +ead.
MRS. &OLFF
I '-"#$-' "# a $"i%& '" 7#ae "# a//"#%'.
MRS. MOTES
O% Sa'#da, a I&0e '"ld "#, M. W"l44. M -#+a%d -a +ee% a(("i%'ed edi'" "4 '-e
*a$a9i%e @<-ae a%d F"e'.@
MRS. &OLFF
A-a, e. I 1%" -a' '-a' *ea%.
MRS. MOTES
2#' i4 I a#e "#, M. W"l44! We&0e *"0ed aa 4"* '-e K#e$e alead.
MRS. &OLFF
5e, "# *"0ed +e/a#e "# -ad '".
MRS. MOTES
We -ad '") H#++, li'e% '" '-i!8[*he gi#es a orced laugh.]8M.
W"l44 a '-a' e -ad '" *"0e 4"* K#e$e.
MOTES
[Crimson with rage.] T-e ea"% - I *"0ed aa 4"* '-a' (la/e) 5"#&ll 4i%d i' "#' "*e da.T-e *a% i a ##e a%d a /#''-"a'!
MRS. &OLFF
I d"%&' 1%" %"'-i%& a+"#' '-a'; I /a%&' a %"'-i%& a+"#' '-a'.
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MOTES
I&* 3#' ai'i%$ '" $e' -"ld "4 ("i'i0e (""4. T-a', *a% -ad +e''e +e /ae4#l -ee I&*
/"%/e%ed8-e a%d -i +""* 4ie%d, D. Flei/-e. T-e la''e *"e e(e/iall. I4 I 3#' a%'ed '"a i'8"%e "d a%d '-a' *a% "#ld +e #%de l"/1 a%d 1e.
[ )rom the beginning o his speech on he has gradually withdrawn and speaks the
last words rom without.
MRS. &OLFF
I #(("e '-e *e% $"' '" 7#aeli%& a$ai%)
MRS. MOTES
[ Apparently conidential.] T-ee& %" 3e'i%$ i'- * -#+a%d. I4 -e de'e*i%e "% a%'-i%$, -ed"e%&' le' $" 'ill i'& d"%e. A%d -e 'a%d 0e ell i'- '-e 3#'i/e.82#' -" a+"#' '-e e$$
a%d '-e +ead)
MRS. &OLFF
[ $eluctantly.] Well, I -a((e% '" -a0e 4i0e e$$ li%& -ee. A%& a (ie/e "& +ead. [ 2$*. 2&%*
puts the eggs and the hal o a loa into her basket.] Ae "# a'i4ied %")
MRS. MOTES
<e'ai%l; "4 /"#e. I #(("e '-e e$$ ae 4e-)
MRS. &OLFF
A 4e- a * /-i/1e% /a% la &e*.
MRS. MOTES
[ 1astening in order to catch up with her husband.] Well, $""d:%i$-'. 5"#&ll $e' "# *"%e %e='
Sa'#da.
[ /it.
MRS. &OLFF
All i$-'; '-a'&ll +e all i$-' e%"#$-! [*he closes the door and speaks sotly to hersel.] Ge' "#''a
-ee, "#! G"' %"'-i%& +#' de+' i'- e0e+"d a"#%d. [&#er her sauce-pan.] W-a' +#i%e "&
'-ei i i' -a' e ea') Le' &e* ( i%'" '-ei "% a44ai. G" '" +ed, /-ild!
ADELAIDE
G""d %i$-', *a*a.
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[*he kisses her.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, ai%&' "# $"i%& '" 1i (a(a $""d:%i$-')
ADELAIDE
G""d %i$-', (a(a.
[*he kisses him, at which he growls. ALA", e/it.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# ala $"''a a '-a' '" -e (e/ial!
[ A pause.
()LI)S
W- d"&"# $" a%& $i0e '-e e$$ '" '-e* (e"(le)
MRS. &OLFF
I #(("e "# a%' *e '" *a1e a% e%e* "& '-a' 4elle) 5"# 3#' $" a-ead a%& $e' -i* d"% "%
"#! I 'ell "#, '-a'& a da%$e"# 4elle. He ai%&' $"' %"'-i%& '" d" e=/e(' ( "% (e"(le. <"*e.Si' d"%. Ea'. Hee& a 4"1 4" "#. 5"# d"%&' #%de'a%d *#/- a+"#' #/- '-i%$. 5"# 'a1e /ae
"& '-e '-i%$ '-a' +el"%$ '" "#! Did "# -a0e '" $" a%& la '-e %ae i$-' +e-i%d '-e $ade%)
T-e a "#, a%&' '-e)
JULIUS [ Annoyed.] G" i$-' a-ead!
MRS. &OLFF
A%&, "& /"#e, '-a' 4""l "4 a M"'e -ad '" 4i%d &e* 4i' '-i%$. Hee %ea '-e -"#e "# ai%&' $"i%&
'" la %" *"e %ae a' all! 5&#%de'a%&) Ne=' '-i%$&ll +e '-a' (e"(le a e laid &e*.
()LI)S
A, "# '"( "# 3ai%&.
[ oth eat.
MRS. &OLFF
L""1 -ee, J#li#, e&e "#' "4 ""d, '"".
()LI)S
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A%& "# a%' *e '" $" '-i *i%#'e, I #(("e)
MRS. &OLFF
I'&d +e +e' i4 e $"' +# i$-' "44.
()LI)S
I d"%&' 4eel * "% +"%e %" *"e. A%+"d '-a' a%' '" $" /&% $". I ai%&'.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# *e% 4"l1 ala d"e a -"le l"' "& 'al1i%&, a%& -e% i' /"*e '" '-e ("i%', "# /a%&' d"%"'-i%&. I&d "1 e%"#$- '" (#' '-e /"d "4 "# i% a -"le a%d da$ "# "#' a$ai% '"". I4 "# ai%&'
illi%& '" $" '":%i$-' + %" *ea%, -, "#&0e $"' '" $" '":*"" a%-". S" -a' $""d i i')
H" ae '-e /li*+i%& i"%) S-a()
()LI)S
I l"a%ed &e* '" Kal Ma/-%".
MRS. &OLFF
[ Ater a pause.] I4 "%l "# a%&' #/- a /"ad!8We *i$-' $e' a 4e l"ad "& ""d i% a -#,
a%& e "#ld%&' -a0e '" "1 "#el0e +l#e i% '-e 4a/e %ei'-e.8N", %" e "#ld%&' -a0e '" $"
0e 4a 4" &e*.
()LI)S
A, le' *e ea' a +i'e, ill "#)
MRS. &OLFF
[ 8unches his head amicably.] D"%&' ala +e " "#$-, I&* $"i%& '" +e $""d '" "# %" 4"
"%/'. 5"# a'/-. [ )etching a bottle o whiskey and showing it to him.] Hee! See) I +"#$-' '-a'
4" "#. N" "# /&% *a1e a 4ie%dl 4a/e, all i$-'.
[*he ills a glass or her husband.
()LI)S
[ rinks.] T-a'& 4i%e8i% '-i /"ld ea'-e84i%e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, "# ee) D"%&' I 'a1e /ae "& "#)
()LI)S
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T-a' a (e'' $""d, (e'' $""d all i$-'.
[ 1e ills the glass anew and drinks.
MRS. &OLFF
[ Ater a pause. *he is splitting kindling wood and eating a bite now and then.] W#l1"8'-a'
4elle8-e& a e$#la a/al8. He ala8a/'8a i4 -e a -ad #(.
()LI)S
A, -e&d +e''e -#' #(8-e i'- -i 'ade!
MRS. &OLFF
5"# -ead '-a' a+"#' '-e +ea0e /"a', did%&' "#)
()LI)S
Na, I did%&' -ea %"'-i%&.
MRS. &OLFF
[With assumed carelessness.] Did%&' "# -ea '-e $il 'ell -" M. K#e$e -a $i0e% K#e$e a4# /"a')
()LI)S
Well, '-e* (e"(le -a '-e *"%e.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& '#e. A%& '-e% W#l1" a ai%& 6 "# *#'a -ead 6 '-a' i4 -e /"#ld $e' -"ld "4 a /"a'
li1e '-a' "*e da, -e&d $i0e a *#/- a a e0e%' /"% 4" i'.
()LI)S
5"# 3#' le' -i* $" a%d $e' i%'" '"#+le -i "% el4.
MRS. &OLFF
[ Ater a pause, reilling her husband's glass.] <"*e %", "# /&% 'a%d a%"'-e.
()LI)S
Well, $" a-ead, $" a-ead! W-a' i%6!
2$*. W&L)) gets out a little note book and turns o#er the lea#es.
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()LI)S
H" *#/- i i' e (#' aide i%/e J#l)
MRS. &OLFF
A+"#' '-i' /"% -a +ee% (aid "44.
()LI)S
A%& '-a'&ll lea0e 6 lea0e 6
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'&ll 'ill lea0e e0e%'. 5"# d"%&' $e' al"%$ 0e 4a' '-i a. Fi4', i=' /"%8all i% a
l#*(; i4 "# /"#ld add '-a' "%/'! T-e% '-e l"' "#ld +e (aid 4" all i$-'. T-e% *a+e e /"#ld
+"" a /"#(le "& -#%ded a%d +#ild #( a 4e (e'' ""*. We /a%&' 'a1e %" #**e +"ade
li1e '-i a%& i'& '-e #**e +"ade -a' +i%$ '-e *"%e.
()LI)S
Well, $" a-ead! W-a' ae "# 6
MRS. &OLFF
[ $esolutely.] M, +#' "#&e a l" /i''#, J#li#! W"#ld you'#e $"%e a%& +"#$-' '-a' l"') A%& i4
e a%'ed '" $" a%& ell i' %", e /"#ld +e $e''i%& 'i/e "0e -a' e (aid 4" i'! I $"' adi44ee%' 1i%d "4 a %a'#e! L"d, i4 "# -ad "%e li1e i'!
()LI)S
I&* "1i%& all i$-'. W-a'& '-e $""d "& all '-a')
MRS. &OLFF
5"# ai%&' $"i%& '" $e' 0e 4a i'- all "# "1.
()LI)S
Well, I /a%&' 'eal. I /a%&' $" a%& $e' i%'" '"#+le!
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e 3#' '""(id, a%& '-a'& '-e a "#&ll ala +e. N"+"d -ee ai%&' +ee% 'al1i%& "& 'eali%&.2#' i4 "# d"%&' i1 %"'-i%&, "# d"%&' $e' %"'-i%&. A%& -e% "%/' "#&e i/-, J#li#, a%& /&% $"
a%d i' i% "# "% /aid$e, '-ee ai%&' %"+"d -a'& $"i%& '" a1 -ee "# $"' i'! S#e, i4 e
a '" 'a1e i' 4"* ("" (e"(le! 2#' %" #(("e eall8#(("e e e%' "0e '" '-e K#e$e
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a%d (#' '-e '" l"ad "& ""d "% a lei$- a%& '""1 &e* i%'" "# -ed8'-e* (e"(le ai%&' %"
(""e "% '-a' a//"#%'!
()LI)S
W""d) W-a' "# 'a'i%& a4'e a$ai% %" i'- ""d)
MRS. &OLFF
N" '-a' -" -" "# d"%&' 'a1e %"'i/e "& %"'-i%&! T-e /&% "1 "# da#$-'e 'ill -e d"(;
'-e /&% ' a%& *a1e -e da$ i% ""d a' 'e% "&/l"/1 i% '-e e0e%i%&. T-a'& - -e #% aa. A%&
"# 'a1e '-a' 1i%d "& '-i%$ a%& a '-a%1 "#. Ma+e "#&d $i0e '-e /-ild a -idi%& a%d e%d -e
+a/1 '" '-e (e"(le.
()LI)S
S#e!8T-a'& -a'!8W-a' d&"# '-i%1 6
MRS. &OLFF
T-i%$ li1e '-a' -ad%&' "#$-' '" $" #%(#%i-ed. I4 a%+"d -i' *e, I&ll -i' -i* +a/1. T-a'& -a'
I a.
()LI)S
Well, did '-e $" a%& -i' '-e $il)
MRS. &OLFF
W- -"#ld -e +e #%%i%& aa, J#li#) 2#' %", '-ee ai%&' %" #e 'i%& '" d" a%'-i%$ i'- "#.
N" '-e ""d i li%& "#' '-ee i% '-e alle. A%& i4 I a '" a? all i$-', "# a+#e * /-ilde%,
I&ll 'a1e "# ""d8a %i/e 4a/e "#&d *a1e.
()LI)S
I "#ld%&' d" %" #/- '-i%$ 6 I d"%&' $i0e a8! I /&% d" *"e&% ea', '"". I&d li1e '" ee! I "#ld%&''a%d 4" %"'-i%& li1e '-a'. 2ea'i%&!
MRS. &OLFF
Well, '-e%, d"%&' 'al1 " *#/-. G" a%& $e' "# /"d. S-" '-e* (e"(le '-a' "# $"' "*e
/#'e%e! T-e -"le '-i%$ ill +e "0e i% a% -"#. T-e% e /&% $" '" +ed a%& i'& all i$-'. A%& "#d"%&' -a0e '" $" "#' i% '-e ""d '":*"". We&ll -a0e *"e 4#el '-a% e %eed.
()LI)S
Well, i4 i' lea1 "#', i'&ll +e all '-e a*e '" *e.
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MRS. &OLFF
T-ee ai%&' %" ea"% - i' -"#ld. 2#' d"%&' a1e '-e $il.
MITTELDORF
[ )rom without.] M. W"l44! M. W"l44! Ae "# 'ill #()
MRS. &OLFF
S#e, Mi''eld"4! <"*e i$-' i%!
[*he opens the door.
MITTELDORF
[ nters. 1e has an o#ercoat o#er his shabby uniorm. 1is ace has a 2ephistophelian cast. 1is
nose betrays an alcoholic colouring. 1is demeanour is gentle, almost timid. 1is speech is slowand dragging and unaccompanied by any change in e/pression.] G""d e0e%i%&, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e "# *ea% '" a? G""d %i$-'!
MITTELDORF
I a a"#%d -ee "%/e +e4"e a -ile a$". Fi' I '-"#$-' I a a li$-', a%& '-e%, all "4 a #dde%,
i' a da1 a$ai%. N"+"d did%&' a%e *e %ei'-e. 2#' '-i 'i*e '-ee a a li$-' a%& %"
*i'a1e; a%& " I /a*e +a/1 "%/e *"e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, -a' -a0e "# $"' 4" *e %", Mi''eld"4)
MITTELDORF
[ 1as taken a seat, thinks a while and then says3] T-a'& -a' I /a*e -ee 4". I $"' a *ea$e 4"
"# 4"* '-e 3#'i/e& i4e.
MRS. &OLFF
S-e ai%&' a%'i%& *e '" d" a-i%&)
MITTELDORF
[ $aises his eye-brows thoughtully.] T-a' -e d"e.
MRS. &OLFF
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A%& -e%)
MITTELDORF
T":*"".8T":*"" *"%i%&.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# /"*e i% 'elli%& *e '-a' 'el0e "&/l"/1 a' %i$-')
MITTELDORF
2#' '":*"" i '-e *ii& a- da.
MRS. &OLFF
2#' a (e"% "#$-' '" 1%" '-a' a 4e da a-ead "& 'i*e.
MITTELDORF
T-a'& a 4a/&. 2#' d"%&' $" *a1i%& a %"ie. I 3#' (l#*+ 4"$"' all a+"#' i' a$ai%. I $"' " *a%
'-i%$ '" '-i%1 "4 i'- * ("" -ead, '-a' "*e'i*e I 3#' %a'#all 4"$e' '-i%$.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, Mi''eld"4, I&ll ' a%& aa%$e i'. We ala a $""d 4ie%d. 5"# $"' e%"#$- "% "#-"#lde, I #(("e, i'- '-e* 'el0e /-ilde% "& "# a' -"*e, e-) 5"# ai%&' $"' %" /all '"
*a1e "#el4 "#' "e&% "# ae.
MITTELDORF
I4 "# d"%&' /"*e i% '-e *"%i%&, I&ll -a0e a (e'' '"#$- 'i*e "4 i'!
MRS. &OLFF
I&ll /"*e. 5"# %eed%&' $" "i%&. T-ee, 'a1e a di%1. I $#e "# %eed i' '-i ea'-e. [*he gi#es him a glass o toddy.] I 3#' -a((e%ed '" -a0e a +i' "& -"' a'e. 5"# 1%", e $"''a 'a1e a
'i( e' '":%i$-'84" 4a' $eee "0e '" Te('". 5"# d"%&' $e' %" 'i*e i% '-e da. T-a' /a%&' +e
-el(ed i% '-i 1i%d "4 a li4e. P"" (e"(le i $"' '" "1 '-e*el0e i/1 da a%& %i$-', a%& i/- (e"(le lie i% +ed %"i%&.
MITTELDORF
I +ee% $i0e% %"'i/e. Did "# 1%" '-a') T-e 3#'i/e -a $i0e% *e %"'i/e.
I ai%&' 1ee% e%"#$- a4'e '-e (e"(le.
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T-e a%' "# '" +e li1e a% "ld a'/- d"$, I #(("e.
MITTELDORF
I&d a'-e %"' $" -"*e a' all. W-e% I $e' '-ee, i'&ll +e %"'-i%& +#' 7#aeli%&. S-e 3#' di0e *e
/a9 i'- -e e("a/-e.
MRS. &OLFF
P#' "# 4i%$e i% "# ea!
MITTELDORF
A%& '-e% a *a% $"e '" '-e 'a0e% a +i', " '-a' '-e "ie d"%&' d"% -i* al'"$e'-e; a%& %" -e
ai%&' '" d" '-a' %" *"e %ei'-e! He ai%&' '" d" %"'-i%&. A%& %" I 3#' /"*e 4"* a +i' "4 a 'i*e
'-ee. A 4elle 'ea'ed '" a li''le 1e$.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# ai%&' $"i%& '" +e /aed "4 a "*a%) I4 -e /"ld, /"ld -ade; a%& i4 -e +ea' "#, +ea' -e
+a/1. <"*e -ee %"8"#&e 'alle&% *e8$e' *e d"% '-e* '-i%$ "44 '-e -el4. A%& J#li#,
"# $e' '-e lei$- ead! [ JL"* e/it.] H" "4'e% -a0e I $"' '" 'ell "#) [ 2"%%L&$) has
taken cords and pulley lines ront the high shel on the wall.] Ge' ead '-e +i$ lei$-! 5"# /&%
-a%d '-e* /"d i$-' d"% '" -i*.
()LI)S
[ )rom without.] I /a%&' ee!
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' /a%&' "# d")
()LI)S
[ Appears in the doorway.] I /a%&' $e' '-a' lei$- "#' al"%e! E0e'-i%& i all *i=ed #( i% a -ea(-ee. A%& '-ee ai%&' %"'-i%& '" +e d"%e i'-"#' a li$-'.
MRS. &OLFF
N" "#&e -el(le a$ai%8li1e ala. [ $apidly she puts shawls about her head and chest.]
5"# *#' ai', I&ll /"*e a%& le%d a -a%d. T-ee& '-e la%'e%, Mi''eld"4. [>MITTELDORFl"l 'a1e a la%'e% a%d -a%d i' '" MRS. WOLFF.] T-ee! '-a%1 "#. [*he puts the burning
candle into the lantern.] We&ll (#' '-a' i% -ee a%& '-e% e /&% $". N" I&ll -el( "# da$ "#' '-e
lei$-. [*he goes ahead with the lantern. 2"%%L&$) ollows her. "n the door she turns
around and hands the lantern to 2"%%L&$).] 5"# /&% /"*e a%& -"ld '-e li$-' 4" # a +i'!
MITTELDORF
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[ 1olding the light and humming to himsel3]
@M"%i%$e:ed, *"%i%$e:ed 6@
THE C)RTAI FALLS
THE SECOD ACT
Court room o Justice 7&( W1$1A1(. A great, bare, white-washed room with
three windows in the rear wall. %he main door is in the let wall. Along the wall to
the right stands the long oicial table co#ered with books, legal documents, etc.;
behind it the chair o the +ustice. (ear the centre window are the clerk's chair and
table. %o the right is a bookcase o white wood, so arranged that it is within reach o the +ustice when he sits in his chair. %he let wall is hidden by cases containing
documents. "n the oreground, beginning at the wall to the let, si/ chairs stand in arow. %heir occupants would be seen by the spectator rom behind.!"t is a bright
orenoon in Winter. %he clerk 4LA*(A88 sits scribbling at his table. 1e is a
po#erty-stricken, spectacled person. Justice 7&( W1$1A1(, carrying a roll odocuments under his arm, enters rapidly. W1$1A1( is about orty years old and
wears a monocle. 1e makes the impression o a son o the landed nobility o
8russia. 1is oicial garb consists o a buttoned, black walking coat, and #ery tall
boots put on o#er his trousers. 1e speaks in what is almost a alsetto #oice andcareully culti#ates a military bre#ity o e/pression.
&EHRHAH
[ y the way, like one crushed by the weight o aairs.] M"%i%&.
+LASEA,,
Se0a%', i.
&EHRHAH
A%'-i%$ -a((e%ed, Glae%a(()
+LASEA,,
[*tanding and looking through some papers.] I&0e $"' '" e("', "# -"%"#8'-ee a 4i', "-,
e,8'-e i%%1ee(e Fie+i$. He +e$ 4" (e*ii"%, "# -"%"#, '" -a0e *#i/ a%d da%/i%$ a'
-i i%% %e=' S#%da.
&EHRHAH
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I%&' '-a' 6 (e-a( "# /a% 'ell *e. Fie+i$) T-ee a "*e "%e -" e/e%'l e%'ed -i
-all6)
+LASEA,,
T" '-e li+eal. #i'e i$-', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
T-i a*e Fie+i$)
+LASEA,,
5e, * l"d.
&EHRHAH
We&ll -a0e '" (#' a /-e/1:ei% "% -i* 4" a -ile.
%he constable 2"%%L&$) enters.
MITTELDORF
Se0a%', * l"d.
&EHRHAH
Li'e% -ee? "%/e a%d 4" all8"44i/iall I a* i*(l '-e 3#'i/e.
MITTELDORF
5e, i. A "# i-, *8"# -"%"#, I *ea%' '" a.
&EHRHAH
I i- "# "#ld ' '" #%de'a%d '-i 4a/'? * +ei%$ a +a"% i (#el
+ '-e a. I %"', a' all e0e%', '" +e /"%ideed -ee. [%o4LA*(A88.] N" I&d li1e '" -ea 4#'-e, (leae. Wa%&' '-e a#'-"
M"'e -ee)
+LASEA,,
5e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
A-a! S" -e was -ee! I /"%4e '-a' I a* 0e /#i"#. I -"(e '-a' i' a -i i%'e%'i"% '" /"*e +a/1)
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+LASEA,,
He i%'e%ded '" +e +a/1 -ee a+"#' -al4 (a' ele0e%.
&EHRHAH
Did -e + a% /-a%/e 'ell "# a%'-i%$)
+LASEA,,
He /a*e i% '-e *a''e "4 D. Flei/-e.
&EHRHAH
Well, %", "# *a a ell 'ell *e8ae "# a/7#ai%'ed i'- '-i D.
Flei/-e)
+LASEA,,
All I 1%" i '-a' -e li0e i% '-e Villa K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
A%d -" l"%$ -a -e +ee% li0i%$ i% '-i (la/e)
+LASEA,,
Well, I&0e +ee% -ee i%/e Mi/-ael*a.
&EHRHAH
T" +e #e, "# /a*e -ee a' '-e a*e 'i*e i'- *e; a+"#' 4"# *"%'- a$".
+LASEA,,
[ Looking toward 2"%%L&$) or inormation.] F"* -a' I -ea '-e *a% -a +ee% li0i%$ -ee
a+"#' '" ea.
&EHRHAH
[%o 2"%%L&$).] I d"%&' #(("e "# /a% $i0e # a% i%4"*a'i"%)
MITTELDORF
2e$$i%& "# (ad"%, -e /a*e Mi/-ael*a a ea a$".
&EHRHAH
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A' '-a' 'i*e -e *"0ed -ee)
MITTELDORF
E=a/'l, "# -"%"#84"* 2eli%.
&EHRHAH
Ha0e "# a% *"e i%'i*a'e i%4"*a'i"% a+"#' '-i i%di0id#al)
MITTELDORF
All I 1%" i -i +"'-e i /a-ie "4 a '-ea'e.
&EHRHAH
I did%&' a1 4" i%4"*a'i"% /"%/e%i%$ -i +"'-e! W-a' i -i "//#(a'i"%)8W-a' d"e -e
-i*el4 d") W-a' i -e)
MITTELDORF
I d"%&' 1%" a I /a% a a%'-i%& (a'i/#la. Pe"(le d" a '-a' -e& i/1. I #(("e -e #44e4"* dia+e'e.
&EHRHAH
I&* 7#i'e i%di44ee%' a '" '-e /-aa/'e "4 -i *alad. He /a% ea' #( i4 i' a*#e -i*. What
i -e)
+LASEA,,
[*hrugging his shoulders.] He /all -i*el4 a 4ee (ea i% /-"la-i(.
&EHRHAH
La%/e! La%/e! N"' (ea! A 4ee la%/e.
+LASEA,,
T-e +""1+i%de H#$1 ala d"e "1 4" -i*; -e -a "*e +""1 +"#%d e0e ee1.
&EHRHAH
I "#ld%&' *i%d eei%$ -a' a% i%di0id#al "4 '-a' 1i%d ead.
+LASEA,,
T-e ("'*a% '-i%1 -e *#' 'a1e i% a+"#' 'e%' %e(a(e. De*"/a'i/ "%e, '"".
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&EHRHAH
5"# *a #**"% H#$1 '" '-i /"#' "*e 'i*e.
+LASEA,,
Ri$-' aa)
&EHRHAH
N", a' a *"e /"%0e%ie%' 'i*e. T":*"" " '-e %e=' da. Le' -i* +i%$ a 4e "4 '-e +""1 i%7#e'i"% i'- -i*. [%o 2"%%L&$).] 5"# ee* '" 'a1e %a( all da. O (e-a( '-e *a% -a
$""d /i$a a%d 1%" -" '" i%0e' '-e*!
MITTELDORF
5"# -"%"#6!
&EHRHAH
Ne0e *i%d! Ne0e *i%d! I ill i%(e/' '-e %e/ea (e"% *el4. M -"%"#a+le (ede/e" -a (e*i''ed a 'a'e "4 a44ai '" "+'ai% '-a'6! We ill /-a%$e all '-a' + de$ee8
I' i i*(l di$a/e4#l 4" a ("li/e "44i/ial '" (e*i' -i*el4 '" +e de/ei0ed + a% "%e. T-a' i,
"4 /"#e, e%'iel +e"%d "# /"*(e-e%i"%. [%o 4LA*(A88.] Did%&' M"'e a a%'-i%$de4i%i'e)
+LASEA,,
I /a%&' a '-a' -e did8%"'-i%$ de4i%i'e. He a "4 '-e "(i%i"% '-a' "# -"%"# ai%4"*ed6.
&EHRHAH
I% a 0e $e%eal a, I a*. I -a0e -ad * ee "% '-e *a% i% 7#e'i"% 4" "*e 'i*e8"% '-iD. Flei/-e I *ea%. M. M"'e i*(l /"%4i*ed *e i% * "% e%'iel /"e/' 3#d$*e%' "4
-i (e/#lia /-aa/'e.8W-a' 1i%d "4 a e(#'a'i"% -a M"'e -i*el4) [4LA*(A88 and
MITTELDORF e=/-a%$e $la%/e a%d GLASENAPP -#$ -i -"#lde.>] Li0e la$el "%/edi', e-)
+LASEA,,
He a -e -a a (e%i"%.
&EHRHAH
Pe%i"%)
+LASEA,,
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Well, "# 1%" -e $"' -"' i% '-e ee.
&EHRHAH
S" -i (e%i"% i eall (aid a da*a$e.
+LASEA,,
2e$$i%& "# -"%"#& (ad"%, +#' i4 i'& a 7#e'i"% "4 da*a$e '-e *a% i%4li/' *"e '-a% -e&e0e e/ei0ed. N"+"d& e0e ee% -i* -a0e a (e%% 4" a%'-i%$.
&EHRHAH
[ Amused.] I '-ee a%'-i%$ ele "4 i*("'a%/e)
+LASEA,,
N"'-i%$ +#' *i%" *a''e, "# -"%"#8"*e+"d $i0i%$ %"'i/e8
&EHRHAH
T-a'&ll d"; '-a'&ll d". D" "# -a((e% e0e '" -a0e -ead a% e("' '" '-e e44e/' '-a' '-i D.Flei/-e d"e %"' $#ad -i '"%$#e i'- (a'i/#la /ae)
+LASEA,,
N"' '-a' I 1%" "4 a' '-i *"*e%'.
&EHRHAH
2e/a#e '-a' i '-e i%4"*a'i"% '-a' -a /"*e '" *e. He i aid '" -a0e *ade ille$al e*a1
/"%/e%i%$ a %#*+e "4 e=al'ed (e"%a$e. H"e0e, all '-a' ill a((ea i% $""d 'i*e. We /a%e' '" "1 %". Mi''eld"4, -a0e "# a%'-i%$ '" e("')
MITTELDORF
T-e 'ell *e '-a' a '-e4' -a +ee% /"**i''ed d#i%$ '-e %i$-'.
&EHRHAH
A '-e4') W-ee)
MITTELDORF
I% '-e Villa K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
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W-a' -a +ee% '"le%)
MITTELDORF
S"*e 4ie""d.
&EHRHAH
La' %i$-', " -e%)
MITTELDORF
J#' la' %i$-'.
&EHRHAH
F"* -"* d"e "# i%4"*a'i"% /"*e)
MITTELDORF
M i%4"*a'i"%) I' /"*e 4"* 6 4"*6.
&EHRHAH
Well, 4"* -"*) O#' i'- i'!
MITTELDORF
I -ead i' 4"*8I $"' i' 4"* D. Flei/-e.
&EHRHAH
A-a! 5"#&e i% '-e -a+i' '-e% "4 /"%0ei%$ i'- -i*)
MITTELDORF
M. K#e$e '"ld *e a+"#' i' -i*el4 '"".
&EHRHAH
T-e *a% i a %#ia%/e i'- -i (e(e'#al /"*(lai%'. He i'e *e a+"#' '-ee le''e a ee1.Ei'-e -e -a +ee% /-ea'ed, " "*e "%e -a +"1e% -i 4e%/e, " ele "*e "%e -a 'e(aed "%-i ("(e'. N"'-i%$ +#' "%e a%%"a%/e a4'e a%"'-e.
MOTES
[ nters. 1e laughs almost continually in a ner#ous way.] 2e$ '" +id "# a $""d *"%i%$, "#
-"%"#.
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&EHRHAH
A-, '-ee "# ae. Ve $lad "# /a*e i%. 5"# /a% -el( *e "#' i'- "*e i%4"*a'i"% a' "%/e. A
'-e4' i aid '" -a0e +ee% /"**i''ed a' '-e Villa K#e$e.
MOTES
I d"%&' li0e '-ee a% l"%$e.
&EHRHAH
A%d %"'-i%$ -a /"*e '" "# ea ei'-e)
MOTES
O-, I -ead "*e'-i%$ a+"#' i', +#' %"'-i%$ de4i%i'e. A I a 3#' (ai%$ + '-e Villa I a
'-e* +"'- l""1i%$ 4" 'a/e i% '-e %".
&EHRHAH
I '-a' ") D. Flei/-e i ai'i%$ -i*. I 'a1e i' 4" $a%'ed '-e% '-a' '-e&e (e'' '-i/1'"$e'-e)
MOTES
I%e(aa+le i% e0e e%e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
A-a! A 4a a Flei/-e i /"%/e%ed8-e i%'ee' *e *"' "4 all. Ta1e a ea', (leae. I /"%4e
'-a' I did%&' lee( *"e '-a% -al4 '-e %i$-'. T-i *a''e i*(l "#ld%&' le' *e lee(. T-e le''e'-a' "# "'e *e e=/i'ed *e '" a% e='a"di%a de$ee.8T-a' i a *a''e "4 'e*(ea*e%', '"
+e #e. T-e l#*+e "4 * (ede/e" "#ld /a/el -a0e +ee% di'#+ed.8A 4a a I a*
/"%/e%ed I -a0e *ade #( * *i%d, " '" (ea1, '" $" '-e -"le a.8I' i * 4#%/'i"% -ee '"*a1e /ae4#l 'e' a%d '" e='e*i%a'e #%deia+le ele*e%'.8U%de '-e ("'e/'i"% "4 *
-"%"#a+le (ede/e" '-e (-ee "4 "# a/'i0i' -a +e/"*e a e/e('a/le 4" e4#e "4 0ai"#
1i%d? li0e '-a' /a%%"' +ea '-e li$-'8"#'laed i%di0id#al, e%e*ie "4 "al' a%d "4 '-eeal*. T-ee (e"(le *#' +e *ade '" #44e.8A 4" "#el4, M. M"'e, "# ae a% a#'-")
MOTES
I i'e "% #+3e/' /"%%e/'ed i'- 4"e' a%d $a*e.
&EHRHAH
I% '-e a(("(ia'e 'e/-%i/al 3"#%al, I 'a1e i'. A propos? d" "# *a%a$e '" *a1e a li0i%$ '-a'
a)
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MOTES
I4 "%e i ell 1%"%, i' /a% +e d"%e. I *a $a'e4#ll a '-a' I ea% a% e=/elle%' /"*(e'e%/.
&EHRHAH
S" "# ae a 4"e'e + ("4ei"%)
MOTES
I '#died a' '-e a/ade*, "# -"%"#, a%d (##ed * '#die i% E+ealde. S-"'l +e4"e '-e4i%al e=a*i%a'i"% I *e' i'- '-i *i4"'#%e6.
&EHRHAH
A-, e; I ee "# ea a +a%da$e.
MOTES
I l"' a% ee -ile -#%'i%$. S"*e +id -"' 4le i%'" * i$-' ee. T-e e("%i+ili' 4" '-e
a//ide%' /"#ld %"', #%4"'#%a'el, +e (la/ed. A%d " I -ad '" $i0e #( * /aee.
&EHRHAH
T-e% "# d" %"' e/ei0e a (e%i"%)
MOTES
N". 2#' I -a0e 4"#$-' * a '-"#$- (e'' ell %". M %a*e i $e''i%$ '" +e 1%"% i% a$""d *a% 7#a'e.
&EHRHAH
H:*.8Ae "# + a% /-a%/e a/7#ai%'ed i'- * +"'-e:i%:la)
MOTES
5e, i%deed8<-ie4 F"e'e 0"% Wa/-*a%%. I /"e("%d a $""d deal i'- -i* a%d
4#'-e*"e e ae 4ell" *e*+e "4 '-e "/ie' 4" '-e +eedi%$ "4 ("i%'e.
&EHRHAH
[*omewhat relie#ed.] A-, " "# ae eall a/7#ai%'ed i'- -i*) I&* 0e $lad i%deed '" -ea
'-a'. T-a' *a1e '-e -"le *a''e eaie "4 ad3#'*e%' a%d la a 4"#%da'i"% 4" *#'#al/"%4ide%/e. I' e0e '" e*"0e a% ("i+le "+'a/le.85"# "'e *e i% "# le''e, "# e/all,
'-a' "# -ad -ad '-e "(("'#%i' "4 "+e0i%$ '-i D. Flei/-e. N" 'ell *e, (leae, -a' "#
1%".
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MOTES
[Coughs.] W-e% I8a+"#' a ea a$"8'""1 #( * eide%/e i% '-e Villa K#e$e, I -ad %a'#all
%" #(i/i"% "4 '-e /-aa/'e "4 '-e (e"(le i'- -"* I a '" dell #%de "%e ""4.
&EHRHAH
5"% ee a/7#ai%'ed i'- %ei'-e K#e$e %" Flei/-e)
MOTES
N"; +#' "# 1%" -" '-i%$ $". Li0i%$ i% "%e -"#e i'- '-e* I /"#ld%&' 1ee( '" *el4
e%'iel.
&EHRHAH
A%d -a' 1i%d "4 (e"(le 0ii'ed '-e -"#e)
MOTES
[With a signiicant gesture.] A-!
&EHRHAH
I #%de'a%d.
MOTES
T"*, Di/1 a%d Ha8de*"/a', "4 /"#e.
&EHRHAH
Wee e$#la *ee'i%$ -eld)
MOTES
E0e T-#da, " 4a a I /"#ld lea%.
&EHRHAH
T-a' ill /e'ai%l +ea a'/-i%$.8A%d "# %" l"%$e a"/ia'e i'- '-"e (e"(le)
MOTES
A ("i%' a ea/-ed -ee i%'e/"#e i'- '-e* +e/a*e i*("i+le, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
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5"# ee e(elled, e-)
MOTES
T-e -"le +#i%e +e/a*e #''el e(#li0e '" *e.
&EHRHAH
T-e #%la4#l a'*"(-ee '-a' "+'ai%ed '-ee, '-e i*(#de%' 3eei%$ a' e=al'ed (e"%a$e8all'-a', I 'a1e i', "# /"#ld %" l"%$e e%d#e)
MOTES
I 'aed i*(l +e/a#e I '-"#$-' i' *i$-' e0e "*e $""d (#("e.
&EHRHAH
2#' 4i%all "# $a0e %"'i/e a4'e all)
MOTES
I *"0ed "#', e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
A%d 4i%all "# *ade #( "# *i%d '"8
MOTES
I /"%ideed i' * d#'8
&EHRHAH
T" l"d$e %"'i/e i'- '-e a#'-"i'ie.8I /"%ide '-a' 0e "'- i% "#.8S" -e #ed a /e'ai%
1i%d "4 e=(ei"%8e ill *a1e a e/"d "4 all '-a' la'e, "4 /"#e8a /e'ai% 1i%d "4
e=(ei"% i% e4ee%/e '" a (e"%a$e -"e e=al'ed 'a'i"% de*a%d "# e0ee%/e.
MOTES
He /e'ai%l did '-a', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
5"# "#ld +e illi%$, i4 %e/ea, '" /"%4i* '-a' + "a'-.
MOTES
I "#ld +e illi%$ '" /"%4i* i'.
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&EHRHAH
I% 4a/', "# ill +e "+li$ed '" *a1e #/- /"%4i*a'i"%.
MOTES
5e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
O4 /"#e i' "#ld +e +e' i4 e /"#ld ("/#e a% addi'i"%al i'%e.
MOTES
I "#ld -a0e '" l""1 a+"#'. T-e '"#+le i, '-"#$-, '-a' '-e *a% i 0e ("di$al "4 -i *"%e.
&EHRHAH
A-, 3#' ai' a *i%#'e. K#e$e i /"*i%$ i% %". I ill 4i' a''e%d '" -i +#i%e. A' all e0e%'
I a* 0e $a'e4#l '" "# 4" "# a/'i0e ai'a%/e. O%e i a+"l#'el de(e%de%' "% #/-
ai'a%/e i4 "%e deie '" a//"*(li- a%'-i%$ %"ada.
*R)E+ER
[ nters hastily and e/citedly.] O L"d, O L"d! G""d da, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
[%o 2&%*.] Pad"% *e 3#' a *"*e%'. [ "n an arrogant and in0uisitorial tone to 6$4$.]W-a' i i' "# a%')
6$4$ is a small man, somewhat hard o hearing and nearly se#enty years old. 1e is slightly bowed with age; his let shoulder hangs somewhat. &therwise he is
still #ery #igorous and emphasises his remarks by #iolent gesticulations. 1e wears a
ur cap which he is now holding in his hand, a brown winter o#ercoat and a thick
woolen shawl around his neck.
*R)E+ER
[ Literally charged with rage, e/plodes3] I&0e +ee% "++ed, "# -"%"#.
[4etting his breath, he wipes the perspiration rom his orehead with a handkerchie
and, ater the manner o people with impaired hearing, stares straight at the mouth
o the +ustice.
&EHRHAH
R"++ed, e-)
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*R)E+ER
[ Already e/asperated.] R"++ed i -a' I aid. I -a0e +ee% "++ed. T" -"le l"ad "4 ""d
-a0e +ee% '"le% 4"* *e.
&EHRHAH
[ Looking around at those present, hal-smiling, says lightly3] N"' '-e lea' '-i%$ "4 '-a' 1i%d -a-a((e%ed -ee e/e%'l.
*R)E+ER
[ 8utting his hand to his ear.] W-a') N"' '-e li$-'e' '-i%$) T-e% (e-a( I /a*e i%'" '-i "44i/e
4" 4#%)
&EHRHAH
5"# %eed %"' +e/"*e 0i"le%'. W-a' i "# %a*e, + '-e a)
*R)E+ER
[%aken aback.] M %a*e)
&EHRHAH
5e, "# %a*e!
*R)E+ER
S" * %a*e i%&' 1%"% '" "#) I '-"#$-' e -ad -ad '-e (lea#e +e4"e.
&EHRHAH
S". <a%&' a '-a' I -a0e a /lea e/"lle/'i"%. A%d '-a' "#ld%&' *a''e "44i/iall a%-".
*R)E+ER
[ $esignedly.] M %a*e i K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
<a(i'ali' + a% /-a%/e)
*R)E+ER
[With e/treme and ironic #ehemence.] E=a/'l8/a(i'ali' a%d -"#e"%e -ee.
&EHRHAH
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Ide%'i4 "#el4, (leae.
*R)E+ER
I8Ide%'i4 *el4! M %a*e i K#e$e. I d"%&' '-i%1 e %eed $" '" a% 4#'-e '"#+le. I&0e
+ee% li0i%$ -ee 4" '-i' ea. E0e /-ild i% '-e (la/e 1%" *e.
&EHRHAH
T-e le%$'- "4 "# eide%/e -ee d"e%&' /"%/e% *e. I' i * +#i%e *eel '" a/e'ai% "#
ide%'i'. I '-i $e%'le*a% 1%"% '" "#8M. M"'e)
2&%* hal rises with an angry e/pression.
&EHRHAH
A-, e, I #%de'a%d. Ki%dl i' d"%. Well, Glae%a(()
+LASEA,,
5e, a' "# e0i/e. I' i M. K#e$e all i$-'.
&EHRHAH
Ve ell.8S" "# -a0e +ee% "++ed "4 ""d)
*R)E+ER
O4 ""d, e=a/'l. T" l"ad "4 (i%e ""d.
&EHRHAH
Did "# -a0e '-e ""d '"ed i% "# -ed)
*R)E+ER
[4rowing #iolent again.] T-a'& 7#i'e a e(aa'e *a''e. T-a'& '-e #+'a%/e "4 a%"'-e /"*(lai%'I -a0e '" *a1e.
&EHRHAH
[With an ironic laugh and looking at the others.] S'ill a%"'-e "%e)
*R)E+ER
W-a' d" "# *ea%)
&EHRHAH
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N"'-i%$. 5"# *a $" a-ead i'- "# 'a'e*e%'. T-e ""d, i' a((ea, a %"' i% "# -ed)
*R)E+ER
T-e ""d a i% '-e $ade%, '-a' i, i% 4"%' "4 '-e $ade%.
&EHRHAH
I% "'-e "d? i' la i% '-e 'ee'.
*R)E+ER
I' la i% 4"%' "4 '-e $ade% "% * ("(e'.
&EHRHAH
S" '-a' a% "%e /"#ld (i/1 i' #( i'-"#' 4#'-e ad")
*R)E+ER
A%d '-a' i 3#' '-e 4a#l' "4 '-e e0a%':$il. S-e a '" 'a1e '-e ""d i% la' %i$-'.
&EHRHAH
A%d i' d"((ed "#' "4 -e *i%d.
*R)E+ER
S-e e4#ed '" d" i'. A%d -e% I i%i'ed "% -e d"i%$ i', -e e%ded + #%%i%$ aa. I i%'e%d '" +i%$ #i' a$ai%' -e (ae%'. I i%'e%d '" /lai* 4#ll da*a$e.
&EHRHAH
5"# *a d" a+"#' '-a' a "# (leae. I' i%&' li1el '" -el( "# 0e $ea'l.8N" i '-ee a%
"%e -"* "# #(e/' "4 '-e '-e4')
*R)E+ER
N". T-e&e all a e' "4 '-ie0e a"#%d -ee.
&EHRHAH
5"# ill (leae '" a0"id #/- $e%eal i*(#'a'i"%. 5"# *#' #el +e a+le '" "44e *e a /l#e "4
"*e 1i%d.
*R)E+ER
Well, "# /a%&' e=(e/' *e '" a//#e a% "%e a' a%d"*.
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&EHRHAH
W-" li0e i% "# -"#e +eide "#el4)
*R)E+ER
D. Flei/-e.
&EHRHAH
[ As i trying to recall something.] D. Flei/-e) D. Flei/-e) W-, -e i a8W-a' i -e,a%-")
*R)E+ER
He i a '-""#$-l lea%ed *a%, '-a'& -a' -e i8'-""#$-l lea%ed.
&EHRHAH
A%d I #(("e '-a' "# a%d -e ae 0e i%'i*a'e i'- ea/- "'-e.
*R)E+ER
T-a' i * +#i%e, i'- -"* I -a((e% '" +e i%'i*a'e. T-a' -a %" +eai%$ "% '-e *a''e i%-a%d, i' ee* '" *e.
&EHRHAH
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*R)E+ER
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/"*e '" $i0e i%4"*a'i"% /"%/e%i%$ '-e '-e4'6.
&EHRHAH
2#' "# *#' -a0e a '-e" "4 "*e 1i%d. T-e ""d *#' %e/eail -a0e +ee% '"le% +
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*R)E+ER
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&EHRHAH
2#' * dea *a%6.
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*R)E+ER
W-a6) M %a*e i K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
[ "nterrupting and apparently bored.] M:e.8Well, Glae%a((, 3#' *a1e a e/"d "4 '-e 4a/'.
8A%d %", M. K#e$e, -a'& '-i +#i%e a+"#' "# *aid) T-e $il, "# a, a% aa)
*R)E+ER
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&EHRHAH
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*R)E+ER
[ (ot ha#ing heard correctly.] I&* %"' /"%/e%ed i'- -e 4a/e.
&EHRHAH
I a1ed -e'-e '-e (ae%' "4 '-e $il li0e -ee)
+LASEA,,
S-e& '-e da#$-'e "4 '-e a-e"*a% W"l44.
&EHRHAH
W"l448'-e a*e "%e -"& a-i%$ 4" # '"da, Glae%a(()
+LASEA,,
T-e a*e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
[*haking his head.] Ve 'a%$e i%deed!8S-e& a 0e -"%e' a%d a 0e i%d#'i"# "*a%.8
[%o 6$4$.] I '-a' a 4a/') I -e '-e da#$-'e "4 '-e "*a% i% 7#e'i"%)
*R)E+ER
S-e i '-e da#$-'e "4 '-e a-e"*a% W"l44.
&EHRHAH
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A%d -a '-e $il /"*e +a/1)
*R)E+ER
U( '" '-e (ee%' 'i*e '-e $il -a %"' /"*e +a/1.
&EHRHAH
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K#e$e.
*R)E+ER
[*itting down and sighing.] O L"d! O L"d! W-a' a li4e!
&EHRHAH
[*otly to 4LA*(A88 and 2&%*.] I&* a'-e /#i"# '" ee -a' ill de0el"(. T-ee&"*e'-i%$ *"e '-a% *ee' '-e ee i% all '-i. I '-i%1 a $ea' deal "4 M. W"l44. T-e "*a%
"1 e%"#$- 4" 4"# *e%. M i4e a#e *e '-a' i4 W"l44 d"e%&' /"*e -e -a '" -ie '"
"*e% i% -e (la/e.8He "(i%i"% ae%&' -al4 +ad ei'-e.
MOTES
S-e a%' -e da#$-'e '" $" "% '-e "(ea'i/ 'a$e6.
&EHRHAH
O-, "4 /"#e, -e *a -a0e a /e l""e i% '-a' e(e/'. 2#' '-a'& %" 4a#l' "4 /-aa/'e. W-a'
-a0e "# -a%$i%$ '-ee, M. M"'e)
MOTES
T-e&e "*e ie %ae. I&* 'a1i%$ '-e* '" '-e 4"e'e Seidel.
&EHRHAH
D" le' *e ee "%e "4 '-"e '-i%$. [ 1e takes one and looks at it closely.] A%d i% '-ee '-i%$ '-e ("" +ea' ae l"l '-"''led '" dea'-.
2$*. W&L)) enters, ollowed by 2"%%L&$). *he is drying her hands, which
are still moist rom the wash tub.
MRS. &OLFF
[nembarrassed, cheerully, with a swit glance at the snares.] Hee I a*. W-a'& #( %")W-a'&* I +ei%& a%'ed 4")
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&EHRHAH
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MRS. &OLFF
W-i/- "%e "4 &e*) [ 8ointing with her inger at 6$4$.] T-i -ee, '-i i M. K#e$e. I
$#e I 1%" -i* all i$-'. G""d *"%i%&, M. K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
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MRS. &OLFF
W-") M da#$-'e) T-a'& "8Le"%'i%e. [%o 6$4$.] 2#' '-e%, -e #% aa 4"* "#,
did%&' -e)
*R)E+ER
[ nraged.] S-e did i%deed.
&EHRHAH
[ "nterrupting.] N" ai' a *"*e%'.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' 1i%d "& '"#+le did "# -a0e '"$e'-e)
&EHRHAH
M. W"l44, "# li'e% '" *e. 5"# da#$-'e *#' e'#% '" M. K#e$e a' "%/e.
MRS. &OLFF
O-, %", e&d a'-e 1ee( -e a' -"*e %".
&EHRHAH
T-a' /a%&' +e d"%e 7#i'e " eail a "# '-i%1. M. K#e$e -a '-e i$-', i4 -e i-e '" e=e' i',"4 /alli%$ i% '-e -el(, "4 '-e ("li/e. I% '-a' /ae e "#ld -a0e '" 'a1e "# da#$-'e +a/1 +
4"/e.
MRS. &OLFF
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2#' * -#+a%d 3#' -a((e%ed '" 'a1e i' i%'" -i -ead. He& 3#' *ade #( -i *i%d %"' '" le' '-e
$il $" %" *"e. A%& -e% * -#+a%d 'a1e a %"'i"% li1e '-a' i%'" -i -ead6. T-e '"#+le i? all
"# *e% -a #/- a4#l 'e*(e!
&EHRHAH
S#(("e "# le' '-a' $", 4" '-e *"*e%', M. W"l44. H" l"%$ -a "# da#$-'e +ee%, a'
-"*e)
MRS. &OLFF
S-e /a*e +a/1 la' %i$-'.
&EHRHAH
La' %i$-') Ve ell. S-e -ad +ee% '"ld '" /a ""d i%'" '-e -ed a%d -e e4#ed.
MRS. &OLFF
E-, i '-a' ") Re4#ed) T-a' $il "& *i%e d"%&' e4#e '" d" "1. A%& I "#ld%&' ad0ie -e '" d"
'-a' 1i%d "& '-i%$ %ei'-e.
&EHRHAH
5"# -ea -a' M. W"l44 a.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' $il -a ala +ee% a illi%& $il. I4 -e&d e0e e4#ed '" le%d a -a%d6.
*R)E+ER
S-e i*(l e4#ed '" /a i% '-e ""d!
MRS. &OLFF
5e, da$ i% ""d! A' -al4 (a' 'e% a' %i$-'! Pe"(le -" a1 #/- a '-i%$ "4 a /-ild li1e '-a'8
&EHRHAH
T-e ee%'ial '-i%$, -"e0e, M. W"l44, i '-i? '-e ""d a le4' "#' "0e %i$-' a%d -a +ee%'"le%. A%d "6.
*R)E+ER
[ Losing sel-control.] 5"# ill e(la/e '-a' ""d, M. W"l44.
&EHRHAH
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All '-a' e*ai% '" +e ee%, i4 "# ill ai'.
*R)E+ER
5"# ill i%de*%i4 *e 4" '-a' ""d '" '-e la' 4a'-i%$!
MRS. &OLFF
A%& i '-a' ") T-a'&d +e a %e a "& d"i%& '-i%$! Did I, *a+e, $" a%& 'eal "# ""d)
&EHRHAH
5"# -ad +e''e le' '-e *a% /al* d"%, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
N", -e% M. K#e$e /"*e "#%d *e i'- '-i%$ li1e '-a', (ai%& 4" ""d a%d #/- li1e, -e
ai%&' $"i%& '" -a0e %" l#/1. I ala +ee% 4ie%dl i'- '-e* (e"(le8'-a'& #e. N"+"d /a%&'/"*(lai% "& %"'-i%& &4a & I&* /"%/e%ed. 2#' i4 '-i%$ $e' '" '-i ("i%', '-e% I&d a'-e #( a%da * a 3#' e=a/'l -" I 4eel, "# 1%". I d" * d""' a%d '-a'& e%"#$-. T-ee ai%&'
%"+"d i% '-e -"le 0illa$e -a' /&% a a%'-i%& a$ai%' *e. 2#' I ai%&' $"i%& '" le' nobody al1
all "0e *e!
&EHRHAH
5"# %eed %"' ea "#el4 "#', M. W"l44. 5"# -a0e a+"l#'el %" /a#e 4" i'. J#' e*ai%/al*, 7#i'e /al*. 5"#&e %"' e%'iel #%1%"% '" *e, a4'e all. T-ee i%&' a -#*a% +ei%$ -"
"#ld #%de'a1e '" de% "# i%d#' a%d -"%e'. S" le' # -ea -a' "# -a0e '" a i%
a%e '" '-e (lai%'i44.
*R)E+ER
T-e "*a% /a%&' ("i+l -a0e a%'-i%$ '" a!
MRS. &OLFF
H"l& "%, %", e0e+"d! H"& '-a', I&d li1e '" 1%") Ai%&' '-e $il * da#$-'e) A%& I&* %"' '"
-a0e a%'-i%& '" a! 5"# $"''a $" a%& l""1 4" "*e 1i%d "4 a 4""l! 5"# d"%&' 1%" *#/- a+"#'
*e. I d"%&' -a '" -ide -a' I '-i%1 4"* %" "%e8%", %"' 4"* -i -"%"# -iel4, a%& a $""ddeal le 4"* "#, "# *a 'a1e "# "a'- "% '-a'!
&EHRHAH
I 7#i'e #%de'a%d "# e=/i'e*e%', M. W"l44. 2#' i4 "# deie '" e0e '-e /a#e a' i#e, I
"#ld ad0ie "# '" e*ai% /al*.
MRS. &OLFF
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T-a'& -a' a (e"% $e'. I +ee% a-i%& /l"'-e 4" '-e* (e"(le '-ee 'e% ea. All '-a' 'i*e
e ai%&' -ad a 4alli%& "#'. A%& %", all "4 a #dde%, '-e 'ea' "# '-i a. I ai%&' /"*i%& '" "#
-"#e %" *"e, "# /&% +elie0e *e.
*R)E+ER
5"# d"%&' %eed '". T-ee ae "'-e a-e"*e%.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& '-e 0e$e'a+le a%& '-e 4#i' "#' "& "# $ade%8"# /&% 3#' $" a%& $e' "*e+"d ele '" ell
&e* 4" "#.
*R)E+ER
I /a% $e' id "4 all '-a'. T-ee& %" 4ea. All "# %eeded '" -a0e d"%e a '" -a0e 'a1e% a 'i/1 '"'-a' $il "4 "# a%d e%' -e +a/1.
MRS. &OLFF
I "%&' -a0e %" da#$-'e "4 *i%e a+#ed.
*R)E+ER
W-" -a +ee% a+#i%$ "# da#$-'e, I&d li1e '" 1%"!
MRS. &OLFF
[%o W1$1A1(.] T-e $il /a*e +a/1 '" *e %" +e''e&% a 1ele'"%.
*R)E+ER
T-e% le' -e %"' (e%d all -e %i$-' da%/i%$.
MRS. &OLFF
S-e lee( li1e '-e dead all da.
&EHRHAH
[ 8ast 2$*. W&L)) to 6$4$.] 2 '-e a, -ee did "# +# '-e ""d i% 7#e'i"%)
MRS. &OLFF
I '-i '-i%$ $"i%& '" la' *#/- l"%$e)
&EHRHAH
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W-, M. W"l44)
MRS. &OLFF
W-, "% a//"#%' "& '-e a-i%&. I4 I a'e * 'i*e 'a%di%& "#%d -ee,
I /a%&' $e' d"%e.
&EHRHAH
We /a%&' 'a1e '-a' i%'" /"%idea'i"% -ee, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# i4e) W-a'& -e $"i%& '" a) 5"# /&% $" a%& e''le i' i'- -e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
I' ill "%l la' a%"'-e *i%#'e, a%-".85"# 'ell # 4a%1l, M. W"l448"# 1%" '-e -"le0illa$e. W-"* d" "# /"%ide /a(a+le "4 '-e /i*e i% 7#e'i"%) W-" /"#ld ("i+l -a0e'"le% '-e ""d)
MRS. &OLFF
I /a%&' 'ell "# %"'-i%& a+"#' '-a', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
A%d %"'-i%$ #(i/i"# /a*e '" "# a''e%'i"%)
MRS. &OLFF
I a%&' e0e% a' -"*e la' %i$-'. I -ad '" $" "0e '" Te('" '" +# $eee.
&EHRHAH
A' -a' 'i*e a '-a')
MRS. &OLFF
A li''le a4'e 'e%. Mi''eld"4, -e a '-ee -e% e 'a'ed.
&EHRHAH
A%d %" 'ea* /ai%$ ""d *e' "#)
MRS. &OLFF
N", %"'-i%& li1e '-a'.
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&EHRHAH
H" a+"#' "#, Mi''eld"4, did "# %"'i/e %"'-i%$)
MITTELDORF
[ Ater some thought.] N", I did%&' %"'i/e %"'-i%& #(i/i"#.
&EHRHAH
O4 /"#e %"', I *i$-' -a0e 1%"% '-a'. [%o 6$4$.] Well, -ee did "# +# '-e ""d)
*R)E+ER
W- d" "# -a0e '" 1%" '-a')
&EHRHAH
5"# ill 1i%dl lea0e '-a' '" *e.
*R)E+ER
I %a'#all +"#$-' '-e ""d 4"* '-e de(a'*e%' "4 4"e'.
&EHRHAH
W- %a'#all) I d"%&' ee '-a' a' all. T-ee ae, 4" i%'a%/e, (i0a'e ""d ad. Pe"%all I +# * ""d 4"* Sa%d+e$. W- -"#ld%&' "# +# "# 4"* a deale) O%e eall al*"'
$e' a +e''e +a$ai%.
*R)E+ER
[ "mpatiently.] I -a0e%&' a% *"e 'i*e, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
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T-a'& "# +#i%e. T-a'& -a' "#&e -ee 4".
&EHRHAH
Pe-a( I&* "# +""'+la/1, e-)
*R)E+ER
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Pe-a( I&0e '"le% il0e (""%! I 4"+id "# '" #e '-a' '"%e '" *e.
5"#&e %"' a /"("al a%d I&* %"' a e/#i'.
&EHRHAH
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*R)E+ER
I' i "# -" d" all '-e -"#'i%$.
&EHRHAH
5"# ae -al4 dea4. I' i %e/ea 4" *e '" -"#'.
*R)E+ER
5"# -"#' all '-e 'i*e. 5"# -"#' a' e0e "%e -" /"*e i% -ee.
&EHRHAH
I d"%&' -"#' a' a% "%e. 2e ile%'.
*R)E+ER
5"# /a "% a i4 "# ee -ea0e% 1%" -a'! 5"# a%%" '-e -"le (la/e i'- "#/-i/a%e!
&EHRHAH
I&* "%l *a1i%$ a +e$i%%i%$. I&ll *a1e "# a $""d deal *"e #%/"*4"'a+le +e4"e I $e' '-"#$-.
*R)E+ER
T-a' d"e%&' *a1e '-e li$-'e' i*(ei"% "% *e. 5"#&e a (e'e%'i"# %"+"d8%"'-i%$ ele.
5"# i*(l a%' '" /#' a +i$ 4i$#e. A '-"#$- "# ee '-e 1i%$ -i*el4, "#6.
&EHRHAH
I am 1i%$ i% '-i (la/e.
*R)E+ER
[ Laughs heartily.] 5"#&d +e''e le' '-a' +e. I% * e'i*a'i"% "#&e %"'-i%$ a' all. 5"#&e %"'-i%$
+#' a% "di%a 3#'i/e "4 '-e (ea/e. I% 4a/', "#&0e $"' '" lea% '" +e "%e 4i'.
&EHRHAH
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Si, i4 "# d"%&' -"ld "# '"%$#e '-i *i%#'e6.
*R)E+ER
T-e%, I #(("e, "#&ll -a0e *e ae'ed. I "#ld%&' ad0ie "# '" $" '" #/- le%$'- a4'e all.
5"# *i$-' (#' "#el4 i%'" a da%$e"# ("i'i"%.
&EHRHAH
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"# a%d "# ad*ia+le 4"ll"e, a%d -"e0e "# ' '" #%de*i%e * ("i'i"%8"# "%&'
4"/e *e '" a+a%d"% * 'a'i"%.
*R)E+ER
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/a#e " *#/- '"#+le '-a' "# ill *a1e "#el4 7#i'e i*("i+le.
&EHRHAH
[%o 2&%*.] I #(("e, M. M"'e, '-a' "%e *#' /"%ide -i a$e.
*R)E+ER
I +e$ '" -a0e * /"*(lai%' e/"ded.
&EHRHAH
[%urning o#er the papers on his table.] 5"# ill (leae '" e%d i% "# /"*(lai%' i% i'i%$. I
-a0e %" 'i*e a' '-i *"*e%'.
6$4$ looks at him in consternation, turns around #igorously, and lea#es the
oice without a word.
&EHRHAH
[ Ater a pause o embarrassment.] T-a'& '-e a (e"(le a%%" *e i'- 'i4le.8U$-!8[%o
2$*. W&L)).] 5"#&d +e''e $e' +a/1 '" "# a-i%$.8I 'ell "#, * dea M"'e, a ("i'i"%
li1e *i%e i *ade -ad e%"#$-. I4 "%e ee %"' /"%/i"# "4 -a' "%e e(ee%' -ee8"%e*i$-' "*e'i*e +e 'e*('ed '" '-" #( '-e -"le +#i%e. 2#' a i' i, "%e& *"''" *#' +e '"
'a%d "%e& $"#%d +a0el. F", a4'e all, -a' i i' '-a' e ae de4e%di%$) T-e *"' a/ed $""d
"4 '-e %a'i"%!8
THE C)RTAI FALLS
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THE THIRD ACT
"t is about eight o'clock in the morning. %he scene is the dwelling o 2$*. W&L)).Water or coee is boiling on the o#en. 2$*. W&L)) is sitting on a ootstool and
counting out money on the seat o a chair. JL"* enters, carrying a slaughteredrabbit.
()LI)S
5"# +e''e $" a%& -ide '-a' '-ee *"%e!
MRS. &OLFF
[ Absorbed in her calculations, gruly3] D"%&' +"'-e *e!
[*ilence.
JL"* throws the rabbit on a stool. 1e wanders about irresolutely, picking up one
ob+ect ater another. )inally he sets about blacking a boot. )rom aar the blowing o a huntsman's horn is heard.
()LI)S
[ Listens. An/ious and e/cited.] I a=ed "# '" $" a%& -ide '-a' '-ee *"%e!
MRS. &OLFF
A%& I&* 'elli%& "# %"' '" +"'-e *e, J#li#. J#' le' '-a' 4""l M"'e '""'le all -e a%'. He& "#' i%'-e ""d a%& ai%&' '-i%1i%& "& %"'-i%&.
()LI)S
5"# $" i$-' a-ead a%d la%d # i% $a"l!
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' 'al1 '-a' 4""l 'al1. T-e $il& /"*i%&.
ADELAIDE
[Comes in, +ust out o bed.] G""d *"%i%&, *a*a.
MRS. &OLFF
Did "# lee( ell)
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ADELAIDE
5"# a "#' i% '-e %i$-', a%&' "#)
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e "# *#'a +ee% dea*i%&. H# %"! 2i%$ i% "*e ""d, a%& +e 7#i/1 a+"#' i'!
ALA", playing ball with an orange, goes toward the door.
MRS. &OLFF
W-ee did "# $e' '-a')
ADELAIDE
S/-"e+el $a0e i' '" *e "#' "& -i -"(.
[ /it.
MRS. &OLFF
I d"%&' a%' "# '" 'a1e %" (ee%' 4"* '-a' 4elle.8<"*e -ee, J#li#! Li'e% '" *e! Hee I
$"' %i%e':%i%e /"%! T-a'& ala '-e a*e "ld a i'- W#l1". He 3#' /-ea'ed # "#' "&"%e, +e/a#e -e ("*ied '" $i0e a -#%ded.8I&* (#''i%& '-e *"%e i% '-i +a$, &#%de'a%d)
N" $" a%& $e' a -"e a%d di$ a -"le i% '-e $"a'-ed8+#' i$-' #%de '-e *a%$e -ee i'& d.
A%& '-e% "# /&% (#' '-e +a$ i%'" '-e -"le. D&"# -ea *e) A%& 'a1e a 4la' '"%e a%& (#' i' a/".2#' d"%&' +e " l"%$ d"i%& i'.
()LI)S
I '-"#$-' "# a $"i%& '" (a a% i%'al*e%' '" Fi/-e!
MRS. &OLFF
<a%&' "# %e0e d" -a' I 'ell "# '") D"%&' ("1e "#%d " l"%$, &#%de'a%d)
()LI)S
D"%&' "# $" a%& ile *e " I&ll $i0e "# "*e'-i%& '" *a1e "# '"(. I d"%&' -"ld i'- '-a' *"%e'ai%& i% '-i -ee -"#e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, -a'& $"i%& '" +e d"%e i'- i')
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5"# 'a1e i' a%& "# /a i' "0e '" Fi/-e. 5"# aid e a $"i%& '" #e i' '" *a1e a (a*e%' '"
-i*.
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e '""(id e%"#$- '" *a1e a (e"% i/1. I4 i' a%&' 4" *e "#&d 3#' $" '" '-e d"$.
()LI)S
G" "% i'- "# /ea*i%&! T-a'& i$-'.
MRS. &OLFF
A (e"% /a%&' -el( /ea*i%&, "#&e #/- a 4""l. I4 "# -ad "*e e%e, I "#ld%&' -a0e '"
/ea*. I4 e $" a%& 'a1e '-a' *"%e '" Fi/-e %", "# l""1 "#' a%& ee -a' -a((e%!
()LI)S
T-a'& -a' I a. L""1 a' '-e -"le da*& +#i%e. W-a'& '-e $""d "4 i' '" *e i4 I $"''a $" '"$a"l!
MRS. &OLFF
N" i'& a+"#' 'i*e "# a 1ee(i%& 'ill.
()LI)S
5"# /a%&' /ea* %" l"#de, /a% "#)
MRS. &OLFF
I ai%&' $"i%& '" $e' *e a %e '"%$#e "% "# a//"#%'. 5"# aie a " 6 3#' a -ad a "# /a%,all "% a//"#%' "& '-i +i' "& +#i%e. 5"# 3#' l""1 "#' 4" "#el4 a%& %"' 4" *e. Did "# '-"
'-e 1e i% '-e i0e)
()LI)S
Ha I -ad a /-a%' '" $e' d"% '-ee e')
MRS. &OLFF
T-e% i'& a+"#' 'i*e "# a $e''i%& '-ee! D&"# a%' &e* '" 4i%d '-e 1e "% "#) [ JL"* isabout to go.] O-, ai' a *i%#'e, J#li#. Le' *e -a0e '-e 1e!
()LI)S
W-a' "# $"i%& '" d" i'- i')
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MRS. &OLFF
[ 1iding the key about her person.] T-a' ai%&' %" +#i%e "& "#; '-a'& *i%e. [*he pours coee
beans into the hand-mill and begins to grind.] N" "# $" "#' '" '-e -ed; '-e% "# /&% /"*e +a/1 a%& di%1 "# /"44ee.
()LI)S
I4 I&d -a& 1%"% all '-a' +e4"e. A!
[ JL"* e/it. ALA" enters, carrying a large apron ull o irewood.
MRS. &OLFF
W-ee d&"# $" a%& $e' '-a' ""d)
ADELAIDE
W-, 4"* '-e %e +l"/1 "& (i%e.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# a%&' '" #e '-a' %e ""d e'.
ADELAIDE
[ ropping the wood on the loor in ront o the o#en.] T-a' d"%&' d" %" -a*, *a*a, i4 i'& +#%ed
#(!
MRS. &OLFF
5"# '-i%1 "# 1%" a l"'! W-a' ae "# 4""li%& a+"#') 5"# $" #( a +i' a%& '-e% 'al1!
ADELAIDE
I 1%" -ee i' /"*e 4"*!
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' d" "# *ea%, $il)
ADELAIDE
I *ea% '-e ""d.
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' $" 3a++ei%& %"; e +"#$-' '-a' a' a a#/'i"%.
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ADELAIDE
[ 8laying ball with her orange.] O-, L"d, i4 '-a' a '#e! 2#' "# 3#' e%' a%d '""1 i'!
MRS. &OLFF
W-a'& '-a' "# a)
ADELAIDE
I'& 3#' 'a1e%. T-a'& '-e ""d 4"* K#e$e&, *a*a. Le"%'i%e '"ld *e.
MRS. &OLFF
[Cus her head.] T-ee "# $"' a% a%e. We ai%&' %" '-ie0e. N" $" a%& $e' "# le"%. A%&
d" &e* %i/e! I&ll /"*e a%& l""1 &e* "0e la'e!
ADELAIDE
[ /it. )rom the ad+oining room.] I '-"#$-' I /"#ld $" 1a'i%&.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# le"% 4" "# /"%4i*a'i"%) I $#e "# 4"$"' '-e*!
ADELAIDE
T-a' d"%&' /"*e 'ill T#eda.
MRS. &OLFF
I'& '":*""! 5"# $" a%& '#d "# 0ee. I&ll /"*e i% a%& -ea "# a &e* la'e.
ADELAIDE'S
[ Loud yawning is heard rom the ad+oining room. %hen she says3]
@Je# '" -i di/i(le aid,
Ue "# 4i%$e '" ea' "# +ead.@
JL"* comes back.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, J#li#, did "# $" a%& d" -a' I '"ld "#)
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I4 "# d"%&' li1e * a "& d"i%&, $" a%& d" '-i%$ "#el4.
MRS. &OLFF
G"d 1%" '-a' is '-e +e' a8ala. [*he pours out two cupuls o coee, one or him and
one or hersel, and places the two cups with bread and butter on a wooden chair.] Hee, di%1"# /"44ee.
()LI)S
[*itting down and cutting himsel some bread.] I -"(e W#l1"& +ee% a+le '" $e' aa!
MRS. &OLFF
I% '-i '-a!
()LI)S
E0e% i4 i' i '-ai%&, "# /a%&' 'ell.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# %eed%&' /ae i4 i' d" 4ee9e a +i'; -e ai%&' $"i%& '" +e '#/1. I $#e -e& a $""d a #( '-e
/a%al + '-i 'i*e.
()LI)S
Well, I -"(e -e ai%&' li%& #%de '-e +id$e '-i *i%#'e.
MRS. &OLFF
F" * (a' -e /a% +e li%& -ee -e a%' '".
()LI)S
5"# /&% 'a1e i' 4"* *e, &#%de'a%&) T-a' '-ee *a% W#l1" i $"i%& '" $e' i%'" a -ell "4 a -"le"*e da.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& -i +#i%e; '-a' ai%&' %"%e "& "#.
()LI)S
T"#+le i e&d all +e i% '-e a*e -"le. 5"# 3#' le' &e* $" a%& 4i%d '-a' /"a' "% -i*!
MRS. &OLFF
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W-a' /"a' ae "# 'al1i%& a+"#')
()LI)S
K#e$e&, "& /"#e!
MRS. &OLFF
D"%&' "# $" 'al1i%& "' li1e '-a', &#%de'a%&) A%& d"%&' $" a%& $i0e "#el4 a +la/1 ee "%a//"#%' "& "'-e (e"(le& a44ai!
()LI)S
I $#e '-e* '-i%$ /"%/e% *e!
MRS. &OLFF
<"%/e% "#8"'! T-a' d"%&' /"%/e% "# a' all. T-a'& * +#i%e a%& %"' "#. 5"# ai%&' %"*a% a' all; "#&e %"'-i%& +#' a% "ld "*a%!8Hee "# $"' "*e /-a%$e. N" -# a%& $e' "#'"& -ee. G" "0e '" Fie+i$ a%d 'a1e a di%1. I d"%&' /ae i4 "# -a0e a $""d 'i*e all da S#%da.
[ A knocking is heard.] <"*e i$-' i%! <"*e i$-' i%, a% "%e '-a' a%' '"!
$. )L"*C1$ enters, leading his little son o i#e by the hand. )L"*C1$ is
twenty-se#en years old. 1e wears one o the Jaeger reorm suits. 1is hair, beardand moustache are all coal-black. 1is eyes are deep-set; his #oice, as a rule, gentle.
1e displays, at e#ery moment, a touching an/iety or the child.
MRS. &OLFF
[ Jubilantly.] L"d! I li''le P-ili( /"*i%& '" ee # "%/e *"e! N", ai%&' '-a' 4i%e) N" I eall
4eel ("#d "& '-a'! [*he gets hold o the child and takes o his o#ercoat.] <"*e %" a%& 'a1e "44"# /"a'. I'& a* +a/1 -ee a%& "# ai%&' $"i%& '" +e /"ld.
FLEISCHER
M. W"l44, '-ee& a da#$-'. I +elie0e '-ee& a da#$-'.
MRS. &OLFF
O-, -e ai%&' " ea1 a all '-a'. A +i' "& da#$-', ai%&' $"i%& '" -#' '-i li''le 4elle!
FLEISCHER
O-, +#' i' ill, I a#e "#. 5"# -a0e %" idea. He /a'/-e /"ld " eail! E=e/ie, P-ili(! Kee(*"0i%$ a li''le.
81"L"8 +erks his shoulders back with a pettish e/clamation.
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FLEISCHER
<"*e %", P-ili(. 5"#&ll e%d + +ei%$ ill. All "# -a0e '" d" i '" al1 l"l #( a%d d"%.
,HILI,
[ (aughtily.] 2#', I d"%&' a%' '".
MRS. &OLFF
Le' -i* d" li1e -e a%' '".
FLEISCHER
Well, $""d *"%i%$, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
G""d *"%i%$, D"/'". I&* $lad '" ee "# /"*i%& i% "%/' *"e.
FLEISCHER
G""d *"%i%$, M. W"l44.
()LI)S
G""d *"%i%&, M. Flei/-e.
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e 0e el/"*e. Pleae i' d"%.
FLEISCHER
We -a0e 3#' a 4e *i%#'e '" 'a.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, i4 e -a #/- a 4i%e 0ii' (aid # " eal i% '-e *"%i%&, e&e #e '" -a0e a l#/1 da
'-i da. [ 6neeling down by the child.] Ai%&' i' ", * +") 5"#&ll +i%$ # $""d l#/1, "%&' "#)
,HILI,
[ /citedly.] I e%' '" 9e 9"l"$i/al dade%; I a 9e '"1 9ee, a%& 9e +i' ea/- "99e i 9eid"lde% +ill.
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Well %", "# d"%&' *ea% '" a "! 5"#&e 'elli%& *e a li''le 4i+, ai%&' "#) [ 1ugging and kissing
the child.] L"d, /-ild, I /"#ld 3#' ea' "# #(, ea' "# i$-' #(. M. Flei/-e, I&* $"i%& '" 1ee(
'-i +". T-i i * +". 5"#&e * +", ai%&' "#) A%& -"& "# *"'-e, e-)
,HILI,
S-e& ell a%& -e e%d -e edad a%& "#&ll (leae '"*e i% 9e *"%i%$ '" a-.
MRS. &OLFF
Well %", 3#' li'e% '" '-a'. A li''le 4elle li1e '-a' a%& -e /a% $i0e all '-a' *ea$e alead! [%o
)L"*C1$.] W"%&' "# i' d"%, 3#' a +i')
FLEISCHER
T-e +" +"'-e *e a+"#' +"a'i%$. I i' ("i+le '" $")
MRS. &OLFF
O-, #e. T-e S(ee i "(e%. M $il '-ee /&% " "# "#' a a.
FLEISCHER
T-e +" "%&' '"( a+"#' i'! He& 3#' 'a1e% '-a' i%'" -i -ead.
ADELAIDE
[*howing hersel in the door that leads to the ne/t room, beckons to 81"L"8.] <"*e, P-ili(, I&ll
-" "# "*e'-i%& eal 4i%e!
81"L"8 gi#es a stubborn screech.
FLEISCHER
N", P-ili(, "# *#%&' +e %a#$-'!
ADELAIDE
J#' l""1 a' '-a' 4i%e "a%$e!
81"L"8'* ace is wreathed in smiles. 1e takes a ew steps in ALA"'s direction.
FLEISCHER
G" a-ead, +#' d"%&' +e$!
ADELAIDE
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<"*e "%! <"*e "%! We&ll ea' '-i "a%$e '"$e'-e %".
[*he walks in the child's direction, takes him by the hand, holds up the orange
temptingly, and both go, now 0uite at one, into the ne/t room.
MRS. &OLFF
[ )ollowing the child with her eyes.] N", '-a' +", I /"#ld 3#' i' a%& l""1 a' -i*. I d"%&' 1%",-e% I ee a +" li1e '-a' 6 [*he takes up a corner o her apron and wipes her eyes.] 6 I 4eel
a i4 I -ad '" -"l i$-' "#'.
FLEISCHER
Did "# -a0e a +" li1e '-a' "%/e)
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' I -ad. 2#' -a'& '-e #e "& all '-a'. 5"# /a%&' *a1e (e"(le /"*e +a/1 '" li4e. 5"# ee8 '-i%$ li1e '-a'8'-a'& li4e6.
A pause.
FLEISCHER
O%e /a%&' +e /ae4#l e%"#$- i'- /-ilde%,
MRS. &OLFF
5"# /a% $" a%& +e a /ae4#l a "# a%' '" +e. W-a' i '" +e, ill +e. [ A pause.!*haking herhead.] W-a' '"#+le did "# -a0e i'- M. M"'e)
FLEISCHER
I) N"%e a' all! W-a' '"#+le -"#ld I -a0e -ad i'- -i*)
MRS. &OLFF
O-, I a 3#' '-i%1i%&.
FLEISCHER
H" "ld i "# da#$-'e a%-")
MRS. &OLFF
S-e&ll +e "#' "& /-""l '-i Ea'e. W-) W"#ld "# li1e '" -a0e -e) I "#ld%&' *i%d -e $"i%&
i%'" e0i/e i4 i'& i'- "#.
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FLEISCHER
I d"%&' ee - %"'. T-a' "#ld%&' +e -al4 +ad.
MRS. &OLFF
S-e& $"% #( '" +e a '"%$ 1i%d "& +"d. E0e% i4 -e i a +i' "#%$, -e /&% "1 *"' a ell
a a% "%e, I 'ell "#. A%& I 'ell "# a%"'-e '-i%$. S-e& a /a*( %" a%& '-e%; -e d"%&' alad" i$-'. 2#' -e ai%&' %" 4""l. T-a' $il& $"' $e%i#.
FLEISCHER
T-a'& 7#i'e ("i+le, %" d"#+'.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# 3#' le' -e $" a%& e/i'e a i%$le (ie/e 4" "#83#' "%/e8a ("*e, " "*e'-i%&. A%& I 'ell
"#, D"/'", "# ai%&' $"i%& '" +e a+le '" $e' '-"#$- -i0ei%&. 5"# /&% ("i+l /all -e i% "*eda -e% "# $"' 0ii'" 4"* 2eli%. All 1i%d "& i'e /"*e '" "# -"#e, I +elie0e. A%&
-e ai%&' +a/1ad; -e&ll ail i$-' i%. O-, -e d"e a (ie/e that +ea#'i4#l.8[With a sudden
change o manner.] N" I a%' '" $i0e "# a +i' "& ad0i/e; "%l "# *#%&' +e "44e%ded.
FLEISCHER
I&* %e0e "44e%ded + $""d ad0i/e.
MRS. &OLFF
Fi' '-i%$, '-e%? D"%&' $i0e aa " *#/-. N"+"d ai%&' $"i%& '" '-a%1 "# 4" i'. 5"# d"%&' $e'%"'-i%& +#' i%$a'i'#de.
FLEISCHER
W-, I d"%&' $i0e aa 0e *#/-, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& all i$-', I 1%". A%& '-e *"e "# 'al1, '-e *"e /aed (e"(le $e'. Fi' '-i%$ '-e a?
'-a'& a de*e/a'. 5"% /a%&' +e '"" /ae4#l 'al1i%&.
FLEISCHER
I% -a' a a* I '" 'a1e all '-a', M. W"l44)
MRS. &OLFF
5"% /&% $" a%& "# /&% '-i%1 -a' "# (leae. 2#' "# $"''a +e /ae4#l -e% i' /"*e '" 'al1i%&, " "# i' i% $a"l +e4"e "# 1%" i'.
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FLEISCHER
[%urns pale.] Well, %", l""1 -ee, +#' '-a'& %"%e%e, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
N", %". I 'ell "# '-a'& ei"#. A%& +e /ae4#l "& '-a' 4elle, -a'e0e "# d"!
FLEISCHER
W-"* d" "# *ea% + '-a')
MRS. &OLFF
T-e a*e *a% e a 'al1i%& a+"#' a -ile a$".
FLEISCHER
M"'e, "# *ea%)
MRS. &OLFF
I ai%&' %a*i%& %" %a*e. 5"# *#' -a& -ad "*e 1i%d "& '"#+le i'- '-a' 4elle.
FLEISCHER
I d"%&' e0e% a"/ia'e i'- -i* a% l"%$e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, "# ee, '-a'& 3#' -a' I&0e +ee% '-i%1:i%&.
FLEISCHER
N"+"d /"#ld ("i+l +la*e *e 4" '-a', M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& I ai%&' +la*i%& "# 4" i'.
FLEISCHER
I' "#ld +e a 4i%e '-i%$, "#ld%&' i'8'" a"/ia'e i'- a i%dle, a %"'"i"# i%dle.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' *a% i a i%dle; "#&e i$-' '-ee.
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FLEISCHER
N" -e *"0ed "0e '" Deie&. T-a' ("" "*a% ill -a0e a -ad 'i*e $e''i%$ -e e%'. A%d
-a'e0e -e -a, -e&ll $e' id "4 i'. W-, a 4ell" li1e '-a'8-e& a e$#la $a"l:+id.
MRS. &OLFF
S"*e'i*e, "# 1%", -e&ll a '-i%$ 6
FLEISCHER
I '-a' ") A+"#' *e) Well, I am /#i"#.
MRS. &OLFF
I +elie0e "# a -ead '" a "*e'-i%& +ad a+"#' "*e -i$- (e"%, " "*e'-i%& li1e '-a'.
FLEISCHER
H:*. 5"# d"%&' 1%" a%'-i%$ de4i%i'e, I dae a)
MRS. &OLFF
He& *i$-' '-i/1 i'- We--a-%, '-a'& /e'ai%. 2#' I 'ell "# -a'. 5"# $" "0e '" "ld *"'-eDeie. T-a' "ld i'/- i +e$i%%i%& '" *ell a a'. Fi' '-e a a %i/e a /a% +e '" -e; %"
'-e&e ea'i%& -e "#''a -"#e a%d -"*e!
FLEISCHER
O-, (-a! T-e -"le '-i%$ i %"%e%e.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# /&% $" '" '-e Deie "*a%. T-a' d"%&' d" %" -a*. S-e /&% 'ell "# a '" 6 He a%'ed '"$e' -e i%'" $i0i%& 4ale i'%e6. T-a' -" '-e 1i%d "& *a% "# $"''a deal i'-.
FLEISCHER
O4 /"#e, I *i$-' $" '-ee. I' /a% d" %" -a*. 2#', i% '-e e%d, '-e -"le *a''e i i%di44ee%' '"
*e. I' "#ld +e '-e de#/e "4 a "ld, i4 a 4ell" li1e '-a'6. 5"# 3#' le' -i* /"*e!8Hee,
P-ili(, P-ili(! W-ee ae "#) We&0e $"' '" $".
ADELAIDE'S VOICE
O-, e&e l""1i%& a' #/- (e'' (i/'#e.
FLEISCHER
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W-a' d" "# '-i%1 "4 '-a' "'-e +#i%e, a%-")
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' +#i%e)
FLEISCHER
Ha0e%&' "# -ead a%'-i%$ e')
MRS. WOLFF [ $estlessly.] Well, -a' a I ai%&)6 [ "mpatiently.]H#, J#li#, a%& $", "& "# /&% $e' +a/1 i% 'i*e 4" di%%e. [%o
)L"*C1$.] We 1illed& a a++i' 4" di%%e '":da. Ai%&' "# ead e',
J#li#)
()LI)S
Well, $i0e *e a /-a%' '" 4i%d * /a(.
MRS. &OLFF
I /a%&' 'a%d eei%& a%+"d 3#' 4""li%& "#%d '-a' a, a i4 i' did%&' *a1e %" di44ee%/e a+"#' '":
da " '":*"", I li1e '" ee '-i%$ *"0e al"%$.
FLEISCHER
W-, la' %i$-', a' K#e$e&, '-e 6
MRS. &OLFF
D" *e a 4a0"#, D"/'", a%& d"%&' 'al1 '" *e a+"#' '-a' '-ee *a%. I&* '-a' a%$ a' -i*! T-a'*a% -#' * 4eeli%& '"" +ad. T-e a e a8-i* a%& *e, 4" " l"%$8a%& '-e% -e $"e a%d
'ie '" +la/1e% * /-aa/'e i'- all '-e* (e"(le. [%o JL"*.] Ae "# $"i%& " %"')
()LI)S
I&* $"i%& all i$-'; d"%&' $e' " -#44. G""d *"%i%& '" "#, M.Flei/-e.
FLEISCHER
G""d *"%i%$, M. W"l44.
[ JL"* e/it.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, a I a ai%& 6
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FLEISCHER
T-a' 'i*e -e% -i ""d a '"le%, I #(("e -e 7#aeled i'- "#. 2#' -e& e(e%'ed "4 '-a'
l"%$ i%/e.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' *a% a%d e(e%'!
FLEISCHER
5"# *a +elie0e *e all '-e a*e, M. W"l44. A%d e(e/iall a4'e '-i la' a44ai. He -a a 0e
-i$- "(i%i"% "4 "# i%deed. T-e +e' '-i%$ "#ld +e i4 "# ee '" +e e/"%/iled.
MRS. &OLFF
We *i$-' -a& 'al1ed '"$e'-e li1e e%i+le (e"(le, +#' 4" -i* '" $" a%& #% 'ai$-' '" '-e ("li/e
8%", %"!
FLEISCHER
Well, '-e ("" li''le "ld /"#(le i -a0i%$ +ad l#/1? "%l a ee1 a$" '-ei ""d, a%d %" '-e 4#
/"a'6.
MRS. &OLFF
Ae "# /"*i%& '" "# $ea' %e %") O#' i'- i'!
FLEISCHER
Well, i'& a /lea /ae "4 +#$la.
MRS. &OLFF
S"*e *"e 'eali%&) D"%&' *a1e 4#% "& *e!
FLEISCHER
5e, a%d '-i 'i*e i'& a (e4e/'l %e 4# /"a'.
MRS. &OLFF
Well %", "# 1%", (e'' ""% I&ll *"0e aa 4"* -ee. T-a'& a /"d "#%d -ee! W-, a
(e"% ai%&' ae "& '-ei li0e. T'! T'! S#/- 4"l1! I' ai%&' -adl '" +e +elie0ed!
FLEISCHER
5"# /a% 4"* a% idea "4 '-e %"ie '-e&e *a1i%$.
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MRS. &OLFF
Well, "# /a%&' -adl +la*e '-e (e"(le.
FLEISCHER
A%d eall, i' a, a 0e e=(e%i0e $a*e%'8"4 *i%1, I +elie0e.
MRS. &OLFF
Ai%&' '-a' "*e'-i%& li1e +ea0e, M. Flei/-e)
FLEISCHER
Pe-a( i' a +ea0e, 4" all I 1%". A%-", '-e ee eal ("#d "4 i'.8I ad*i', I la#$-ed '"
*el4 "0e '-e +#i%e. W-e% "*e'-i%$ li1e '-a' i di/"0eed i' ala -a a /"*i/ e44e/'.
MRS. &OLFF
5"#&e a /#el *a%, eall, D"/'". I /a%&' $" a%& la#$- a+"#' '-i%$ li1e '-a'.
FLEISCHER
5"# *#'%&' '-i%1 '-a' I&* %"' " 4" '-e *a%, 4" all '-a'.
MRS. &OLFF
T-e* *#' +e (e'' 'a%$e (e"(le. I d"%&' 1%". T-ee ai%&' %" a "& #%de'a%di%& '-a'. J#'
'" $" a%& "+ "'-e (e"(le "& -a'& '-ei8%", '-e% i'& +e''e '" "1 'ill "# d"(.
FLEISCHER
5"# *i$-' (e-a( *a1e a ("i%' "4 1ee(i%$ "# ea "(e%. I +elie0e '-e /"a' i #(("ed '" +e
i% '-e 0illa$e.
MRS. &OLFF
Ha '-e $"' a% #(i/i"% "& a%+"d)
FLEISCHER
O-, '-ee a a a-e"*a% "1i%$ a' '-e K#e$e&6.
MRS. &OLFF
2 '-e %a*e "& Mille)
FLEISCHER
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A%d -e -a a 0e la$e 4a*il6)
MRS. &OLFF
T-e "*a%& $"' a la$e 4a*il, '-a'& ", +#' '" 'eal '-a' a 6 %"!
S-e *i$-' 'a1e "*e li''le '-i%$, e.
FLEISCHER
O4 /"#e K#e$e (#' -e "#'.
MRS. &OLFF
A, '-a'& +"#%d '" /"*e "#'. M $""d%e, '-e de0il -iel4&d -a0e '" +e +a/1 "& '-a' i4 i' d"%&'. I
i- I a 3#'i/e -ee. 2#' '-e *a% i '-a' '""(id!8ell! I /&% ee +e''e&% '-e da1 '-a% -e /a%
+ da i'- -i $la ee.
FLEISCHER
I al*"' +elie0e "# /"#ld.
MRS. &OLFF
I /&% 'ell "#, i4 I -ad '", I /"#ld 'eal '-e /-ai 4"* #%de '-a' *a%& +e-i%d.
FLEISCHER
[ 1as arisen and calls, laughingly, into the ad+oining room.] <"*e, P-ili(, /"*e! We&0e $"' '"
$"! G""d:+e, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# $e' deed, Adelaide. 5"# /&% $" a%& " M. Flei/-e a a.
ADELAIDE
[ nters, buttoning the last buttons at her throat and leading 81"L"8 by the hand.] I&* all ead.
[%o 81"L"8.] 5"# /"*e i$-' -ee; I&ll 'a1e "# "% * a*.
FLEISCHER
[ An/iously helping the boy on with his coat.] He& $"' '" +e a((ed #( ell; -e& " deli/a'e,a%d %" d"#+' i'& i%d "#' "% '-e i0e.
ADELAIDE
I +e''e $" a-ead a%& $e' '-e +"a' ead.
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MRS. &OLFF
I "# -eal'- +e''e '-ee da)
FLEISCHER
M#/- +e''e i%/e I&* li0i%$ "#' -ee.
ADELAIDE
[Calls back in rom the door.] Ma*a, M. K#e$e.
MRS. &OLFF
W-"& /"*i%&)
ADELAIDE
M. K#e$e.
MRS. &OLFF
I' ai%&' ("i+le!
FLEISCHER
He *ea%' '" /"*e '" "# d#i%$ '-e 4"e%""%.
[ /it.
MRS. &OLFF
[%hrows a swit glance at the heap o ire wood and #igorously sets about clearing it away.]
<"*e "%, %", -el( *e $e' '-i ""d "#' "& i$-'.
ADELAIDE
W-, *a*a) O-, "% a//"#%' "& M. K#e$e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, -a' 4" d&"# #(("e) I '-i a ("(e a 4" a (la/e '" l""1, '-e a '-i "%e i l""1:i%&) I '-a' de/e%' a%& "% S#%da *"%i%&, '"") W-a' i M. K#e$e $"i%& '" '-i%1 "4 #)
[ 6$4$ appears, e/hausted by his walk. 2$*. W&L)) calls out to him.] M. K#e$e,
(leae d"%&' l""1 &"#%d. T-i (la/e i i% a 'ei+le 'a'e!
*R)E+ER
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[ "mpetuously.] G""d *"%i%$! G""d *"%i%$! D"%&' " a+"#' '-a' a' all! 5"# $" '" "1
e0e ee1 a%d "# -"#e /a%&' +e e=(e/'ed '" +e (e4e/' "% S#%da. 5"# ae a% e=/elle%'
"*a%, M. W"l44, a%d a 0e -"%e' "%e. A%d I '-i%1 e *i$-' d" 0e ell '" 4"$e' -a'e0e -a -a((e%ed +e'ee% #.
MRS. &OLFF
[ "s mo#ed, and dries her eyes rom time to time with a corner o her apron.] I %e0e -ad %"'-i%&
a$ai%' "# i% '-e "ld. I ala li1ed '" "1 4" "#. 2#' "# e%' a%& $"' " "#$- li1e, "#1%", '-a' a (e"%& 'e*(e /"#ld%&' -adl -el( $e''i%& aa i'- &e*. L"d, a (e"% i "
4" '-a' 1i%d "& '-i%$ ""% e%"#$-.
*R)E+ER
5"# 3#' /"*e +a/1 a%d a- 4" #. W-ee i "# da#$-'e Le"%'i%e)
MRS. &OLFF
S-e e%' '" 'a1e "*e /a++a$e '" '-e ("'*a'e.
*R)E+ER
5"# 3#' le' # -a0e '-a' $il a$ai%. S-e /a% -a0e '-i' /"% a$e i%'ead "4 'e%'. We ee
ala 7#i'e a'i4ied i'- -e i% "'-e e(e/'. Le'& 4"$i0e a%d 4"$e' '-e -"le a44ai.
[ 1e holds out his hand to 2$*. W&L)), who takes it heartily.
MRS. &OLFF
All '-a' -ad%&' %" %eed '" -a((e%. T-e $il, "# ee, i 'ill 4""li- li1e a /-ild. We "ld (e"(le
ala did $e' al"%$ '"$e'-e.
*R)E+ER
Well, '-e%, '-e *a''e i e''led. [4radually regaining his breath.]8Well, '-e%, * *i%d i a' e'
a+"#' '-a', a%-".82#' %", d" 'ell *e! T-i '-i%$ '-a'& -a((e%ed '" *e! W-a' d" "# a '"
'-a')
MRS. &OLFF
O-, ell, "# 1%"8-a' can a (e"% a a+"#' #/- '-i%$)
*R)E+ER
A%d '-ee e $"' '-a' M. 0"% We--a-%! He& 0e ell -e% i' /"*e '" a%%"i%$ -"%e'
/i'i9e% a%d '-i%1i%$ "#' all "' "4 /-i/a%e a%d (ee/#'i"%, +#'8T-a' *a%, -a' d"e%&' -e
'i/1 -i i%7#ii'i0e %"e i%'"!
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MRS. &OLFF
I%'" e0e'-i%$ e=/e('i%& -a' -e "#$-' '".
*R)E+ER
I&* $"i%$ '" -i* %" '" $i0e 4"*al %"'i/e. I "%&' e'! T-i '-i%$ -a $"' '" +e di/"0eed.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# "#$-'%&' + %" *ea% '" le' a '-i%$ "& '-a' 1i%d $".
*R)E+ER
A%d i4 I&0e $"' '" '#% e0e'-i%$ #(ide d"%8I&ll $e' +a/1 * /"a',
M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' '-i (la/e %eed i a $""d /lea%i%& "#'. We "%&' $e' %" e' i% '-e 0illa$e 'ill '-e%. T-e&ll
e%d #( + 'eali%& '-e ""4 4"* "0e a (e"%& -ead.
*R)E+ER
I a1 "# '" /"%ide, 4" -ea0e%& a1e8'" "++eie i% '-e /"#e "4 '" ee1! T" l"ad "4
""d, 3#' li1e '-e ""d "# -a0e '-ee. [ 1e takes up a piece that is lying on the loor.] S#/-
$""d a%d e=(e%i0e ""d, M. W"l44.
MRS. &OLFF
I'& e%"#$- '" *a1e a (e"% $e' +l#e i% '-e 4a/e i'- a$e. T-e 1i%d "& /"d e $"''a li0e i'--ee! A, '-i%$ li1e '-a'! N", "# 1%"! J#' lea0e *e al"%e i'- i'!
*R)E+ER
[ "rately gesticulating with the piece o wood.] A%d i4 i' /"' *e a '-"#a%d /"%, I&ll ee '" i'
'-a' '-"e '-ie0e ae -#%'ed d"%. T-e "%&' e/a(e '-e (e%i'e%'ia '-i 'i*e.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& '-a'&d +e a +lei%& '"", a #e& e&e ali0e!
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THE FO)RTH ACT
%he court room. 4LA*(A88 is sitting at his table. 2$*. W&L)) and ALA" are waiting or the +ustice. ALA" holds on her lap a small package wrapped
in linen.
MRS. &OLFF
He& 'a1i%& -i 'i*e a$ai% '":da.
+LASEA,,
[Writing.] Pa'ie%/e! Pa'ie%/e!
MRS. &OLFF
Well, i4 -e& $"i%& '" +e " la'e a$ai% '":da, -e "%&' -a0e %" *"e 'i*e 4" #.
+LASEA,,
G""d%e! 5"# a%& "# 'i4le! We $"' di44ee%' 1i%d "& '-i%$ '" deal i'- -ee.
MRS. &OLFF
A, I $#e '-e&e 4i%e '-i%$ "# $"' '" d".
+LASEA,,
T-a'& %" a '" 'al1. T-a' ai%&' ("(e -ee!
MRS. &OLFF
A, a/' a li''le *"e $a%d, ill "#) K#e$e -iel4 e%' * $il -ee!
+LASEA,,
T-e a*e "ld '" a+"#' '-e /"a', I #(("e.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& - %"'!
+LASEA,,
N" '-e "ld 4ell"& $"' "*e'-i%& 4" #e. N" -e /a% $" 'ii%& '-i%$ #(8'-e 1%"/1:1%eed
"ld %#ia%/e.
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MRS. &OLFF
5"# /&% #e "# '"%$#e. 5"# +e''e ee a+"#' 4i%di%& "#' "*e'-i%&.
MITTELDORF
[ Appears in the doorway.] 5"#&e '" /"*e i$-' "0e, Glae%a((. Hi -"%"# a%' '" a= "#
"*e'-i%&.
+LASEA,,
Ha I $"' '" i%'e#(' *el4 a$ai%)
[ 1e throws down his pen and goes out.
MRS. &OLFF
G""d *"%i%&, Mi''eld"4.
MITTELDORF
G""d *"%i%&.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a'& 1ee(i%& '-e 3#'i/e all '-i -ile)
MITTELDORF
He& i'i%& (a$e a%& (a$e! A%& '-e* *#' +e i*("'a%' '-i%$, I /&% 'ell "# '-a'.
[Conidentially.] A%& le**e 'ell "#? '-ee& "*e'-i%& i% '-e ai.8I ai%&' ai%& I 1%" e=a/'l
-a'. 2#' '-ee& "*e'-i%&8I 1%" '-a' a #e & 6 5"# 3#' l""1 "#', '-a'& all, a%d "#&ll li0e'" ee i'. I'& $"i%& '" /"*e d"%8"*e'-i%&8a%d -e% i' d"8l""1 "#'. T-a'& all I a. N", I
d"%&' (e'e%d '" #%de'a%d '-e* '-i%$. I'& all %e d"i%& '" *e. T-a'& -a' '-e /all *"de%.
A%& I d"%&' 1%" %"'-i%& a+"#' '-a'. 2#' "*e'-i%& $"' '" -a((e%. T-i%$ /a%&' $" "% '-i a.
T-e -"le (la/e i $"' '" +e /lea%ed "#'. I /a%&' a & I $e' '-e -a%$ "4 i'. I&* '"" "ld. 2#' 'al1a+"#' '-e 3#'i/e -a' died. W-, -e a%&' %"'-i%& +#' a da*& 4""l '" '-i "%e. I /"#ld $" a%& 'ell
"# all 1i%d "& '-i%$, +#' I ai%&' $"' %" 'i*e. T-e +a"%&ll +e *ii%& *e. [ 1e goes but, ha#ing
arri#ed at the door, he turns back.] T-e li$-'e%i%& i $"i%& '" 'i1e, M. W"l44. Ta1e * "d 4" '-a'!
MRS. &OLFF
I $#e a /e& /"*e l""e "*e-ee i'- -i*.
[ 8ause.
ADELAIDE
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W-a'& '-a' I $"''a a) I 4"$"'.
MRS. &OLFF
W-a' did "# a '" M. K#e$e)
ADELAIDE
W-, I aid '-a' I 4"#%d '-i -ee (a/1a$e.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, "# d"%&' %eed '" a %"'-i%& +#' '-a' -ee %ei'-e. O%l a i' i$-' "#' '"%$ a%& #e. 5"#ai%&' #/- a *"#e "'-e 'i*e.
&)L*O&
[Comes in.] I i- "# a $""d *"%i%$.
MRS. &OLFF
[*tares at WL6&W. *he is speechless or a moment. %hen3] N", W#l1", I $#e "# l"' your *i%d! W-a' ae "# d"i%& -ee)
&)L*O&
Well, * i4e, -e -a a +a+ 6
MRS. &OLFF
W-a'& '-a' -e& $"')
&)L*O&
A li''le $il. S" I $"''a $" '" '-e (#+li/ e$i' a%& *a1e '-e a%%"#%/e*e%'.
MRS. &OLFF
I '-"#$-' "#&d +e "#' "% '-e /a%al + '-i 'i*e.
&)L*O&
A%& I "#ld%&' *i%d i' "%e li''le +i' i4 I a! A%& " I would +e, i4 i' de(e%ded "% *e. Did%&' I $"
a%& 'a' "#' '-e 0e *i%#'e) 2#' -e% I /"*e '" '-e l"/1 '-ee a%&' %" $e''i%& 4a'-e. I
ai'ed a%& ai'ed 4" '-e S(ee '" "(e% #(. T" da a%& %i$-' I la '-ee 'ill '-i '-i%$ i'- *i4e /a*e al"%$. T-ee a%&' %" #e -"li%& '-e%. I -ad '" /"*e +a/1.
MRS. &OLFF
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S" "# +"a' i d"% + '-e +id$e a$ai%)
&)L*O&
T-a'& -ee i' i. I ai%&' $"' %" "'-e (la/e, -a I)
MRS. &OLFF
Well, d"%&' /"*e '" *e, i4 6
&)L*O&
I -"(e '-e ai%&' /a#$-' "% '" %"'-i%&, a' lea'.
MRS. &OLFF
G" '" '-e -"( a%& $e' '-ee /e%'& "'- "& '-ead.
ADELAIDE
I&ll $" 4" '-a' -e% e $e' -"*e.
MRS. &OLFF
D"& I 'ell "# a%& d"%&' a%e +a/1.
ADELAIDE
A, I ai%&' %" +a+ %" *"e.
[ /it.
MRS. &OLFF
[ agerly.] A%& " "# la '-ee + '-e l"/1)
&)L*O&
T" -"le da, a I +ee% 'elli%& "#.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, "# ai%&' *#/- $""d 4" '-i 1i%d "& '-i%$. 5"#&e a 4i%e 4elle '" $" a%& (#' "% '-a' /"a' i%
+i$-' dali$-'!
&)L*O&
P#' i' "%) Me)
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MRS. &OLFF
5e, "# (#' i' "%, a%& i% +i$-' dali$-', "& '-e -"le (la/e /&% 1%" 'ai$-' "44 -a' a 4i%e 4#
/"a' "# $"'.
&)L*O&
A, '-a' a &a "#' i% '-e *iddle "& '-e8
MRS. &OLFF
I' a a 7#a'e "4 a -"# 4"* "# -"#e. M $il a "# i''i%& '-ee. S-e -ad '" $" a%& " D.
Flei/-e "#' a%& -e e%' a%& -ad -i #(i/i"% '-a' *i%#'e.
&)L*O&
I d"%&' 1%" %"'-i%& a+"#' '-a'. T-a' ai%&' %"%e "& * +#i%e.
[*ome one is heard approaching.
MRS. &OLFF
S-! 5"# a%' '" +e "% '-e l""1"#' %", '-a'& all.
+LASEA,,
[ nters hurriedly with an attempt to imitate the manner o the +ustice. 1e asks WL6&W
condescendingly3] W-a' +#i%e -a0e "#)
&EHRHAH
[*till without.] W-a' d" "# a%', $il) 5"#&e l""1i%$ 4" *e) <"*e i%, '-e%. [W1$1A1( permits ALA" to precede him and then enters.] I -a0e 0e li''le 'i*e '":da. A-, e, ae%&'
"# M. W"l44& li''le $il) Well, '-e%, i' d"%. W-a' -a0e "# '-ee)
ADELAIDE
I $"' a (a/1a$e 6
&EHRHAH
Wai' a *"*e%' 4i' 6 [%o WL6&W.] W-a' d" "# a%')
&)L*O&
I&d li1e '" e("' '-e +i'- "4 6
&EHRHAH
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Ma''e "4 '-e (#+li/ e$i'. T-e +""1, Glae%a((. T-a' i '" a, I&ll a''e%d '" '-e "'-e a44ai
4i'. [%o 2$*. W&L)).] W-a'& '-e '"#+le a+"#' "# da#$-'e) Did M. K#e$e +"= -e ea
a$ai%)
MRS. &OLFF
Well, -e did%&' $" '-a' 4a %" 'i*e.
&EHRHAH
W-a'& '-e '"#+le, '-e%)
MRS. &OLFF
I'& a+"#' '-i -ee (a/1a$e 6
&EHRHAH
[%o 4LA*(A88.] Ha%&' M"'e +ee% -ee e')
+LASEA,,
N"' #( '" '-i 'i*e.
&EHRHAH
T-a'& i%/"*(e-e%i+le. Well, $il, -a' d" "# a%')
+LASEA,,
I'& i% '-e *a''e "4 '-e '"le% 4# /"a', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
I '-a' ") <a%&' ("i+l a''e%d '" '-a' '"da. N" "%e /a% d" e0e'-i%$ a' "%/e. [%o 2$*.
W&L)).] S-e *a /"*e i% '":*"".
MRS. &OLFF
S-e& 'ied '" 'al1 '" "# a /"#(le "& 'i*e alead.
&EHRHAH
T-e% le' -e ' 4" a '-id 'i*e '":*"".
MRS. &OLFF
2#' M. K#e$e d"%&' $i0e -e %" (ea/e %" *"e.
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&EHRHAH
W-a' -a M. K#e$e '" d" i'- i')
MRS. &OLFF
T-e $il e%' '" -i* i'- '-e (a/1a$e.
&EHRHAH
W-a' 1i%d "4 a a$ i '-a') Le' *e ee i'.
MRS. &OLFF
I'& all /"%%e/'ed i'- '-e +#i%e "4 '-e 4# /"a'. Lea'a '-a'& -a' M. K#e$e '-i%1.
&EHRHAH
W-a'& a((ed #( i% '-"e a$, e-)
MRS. &OLFF
T-ee& a $ee% ai':/"a' -a' +el"%$ '" M. K#e$e.
&EHRHAH
A%d "# 4"#%d '-a')
ADELAIDE
I 4"#%d i', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
W-ee did "# 4i%d i')
ADELAIDE
T-a' a -e% I a $"i%& '" '-e 'ai% i'- *a*a. I a al1i%& al"%$ '-i a a%d '-ee 6
&EHRHAH
Ne0e *i%d a+"#' '-a' %". [%o 2$*. W&L)).] Ma1e "# de("i'i"% "*e 'i*e ""%. We /a%
/"*e +a/1 '" '-i *a''e '":*"".
MRS. &OLFF
O-, "'m illi%& e%"#$- 6
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&EHRHAH
Well, -" i%&' '-e%)
MRS. &OLFF
M. K#e$e i " 0e a%=i"# a+"#' i'.
&EHRHAH
M. K#e$e, M. K#e$e8I /ae 0e li''le a+"#' -i*. T-e *a% 3#' i*(l a%%" *e. T-i%$li1e '-i /a%%"' +e ad3#'ed i% a da. He -a "44eed a ead a%d '-e *a''e -a +ee% (#+li-ed
i% '-e "44i/ial (a(e.
MRS. &OLFF
5"# /a%&' %e0e d" e%"#$- 4" -i*, '-"#$-.
&EHRHAH
W-a' d"e '-a' *ea%? e /a%&' d" e%"#$- 4" -i*) We -a0e e/"ded '-e 4a/' i% '-e /ae. Hi#(i/i"% 4ell #("% -i a-e"*a% a%d e -a0e ea/-ed -e -"#e. W-a' *"e d"e -e
a%') T-e *a% "#$-' '" 1ee( 7#ie'. 2#', a I aid, '":*"" I&* a' '-e e0i/e "4 '-i a44ai
a$ai%.
MRS. &OLFF
I'& all '-e a*e '" #. We /&% /"*e +a/1.
&EHRHAH
Ve ell, '-e%. T":*"" *"%i%$.
MRS. &OLFF
G""d *"%i%&.
ADELAIDE
[ ropping a courtsey.] G""d *"%i%&.
2$*. W&L)) and ALA" e/eunt.
&EHRHAH
[%urning o#er some documents. %o 4LA*(A88.] I&* /#i"# '" ee -a' '-e e#l' "4 all '-i
ill +e. M. M"'e -a 4i%all a$eed '" "44e i'%ee. He a '-e Deie "*a%, '-a' "ld
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i'/- "4 a (a' /""1, "%/e '""d i'-i% ea-"' -e% Flei/-e e=(eed -i*el4
die(e/'4#ll. H" "ld i '-e "*a%, a%-")
+LASEA,,
S"*e-ee a"#%d e0e%', "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
A +i' /"%4#ed i% -e #((e '", e-)
+LASEA,,
De(e%d "% -" "# l""1 a' i'. S-e& 4ail e%i+le e'.
&EHRHAH
I /a% a#e "#, Glae%a((, '-a' i' "#ld +e %" e%d "4 a a'i4a/'i"% '" *e '" 4l#''e '-ee d"0e:/"'e -ee (e'' '-""#$-l. T-ee (e"(le "#$-' '" +e *ade '" 4eel '-a' '-e&e deali%$ i'-"*e+"d, a4'e all. W-" a+e%'ed -i*el4 4"* '-e 4e'i0i'ie "% '-e e*(e"& +i'-da)
Flei/-e, "4 /"#e. T-e *a% i i*(l /a(a+le "4 a%'-i%$. He /a% (#' "% all '-e i%%"/e%'
e=(ei"% -e (leae. We 1%" '-ee "l0e i% -ee(& /l"'-i%$. T-e&e '"" ee':'e*(eed '"-a* a 4l, +#' i4 '-e '-i%1 '-e "//ai"% -a /"*e, '-e -"#%d /a% +l" #( a -"le (la/e. Well,
-ee, a' lea', i' ill +e *ade '"" -"' 4" '-e*!
MOTES
[Comes in.] 5"# e0a%'.
&EHRHAH
Well, -" ae '-i%$ $"i%$)
MOTES
M. Deie aid '-a' -e "#ld +e -ee a"#%d ele0e%.
&EHRHAH
T-i *a''e ill a''a/' 7#i'e a li''le %"'i/e. I' ill, i 4a/', *a1e a $""d deal "4 %"ie. I 1%"
-a' ill +e aid? @T-a' *a% We--a-% ("1e -i %"e i%'" e0e'-i%$.@ Well, '-a%1 -ea0e%, I&*
(e(aed 4" '-a'. I&* %"' 'a%di%$ i% '-i (la/e 4" * (i0a'e a*#e*e%'. I -a0e%&' +ee% (#'-ee 4" 3e'. Pe"(le '-i%18a 3#'i/e, - -e& %"'-i%$ +#' a #(ei" 1i%d "4 $a"le. I% '-a' /ae
'-e /a% (#' "*e "%e ele -ee. T-e $e%'le*e%, '" +e #e, -" a(("i%'ed *e 1%" 0e ell
i'- -"* '-e ae deali%$. T-e 1%" '" '-e 4#ll '-e ei"#%e i'- -i/- I /"%/ei0e "4 *d#'ie. I /"%ide * "44i/e i% '-e li$-' "4 a a/ed /alli%$. [ 8ause.] I -a0e ed#/ed * e("' '"
'-e (#+li/ ("e/#'" '" i'i%$. I4 I e%d i' "44 a' %""% '":da, '-e /"**a%d "4 ae' /a% ea/-
# + da a4'e '":*"".
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MOTES
N" e0e+"d ill +e /"*i%$ d"% "% *e.
&EHRHAH
5"# 1%" I -a0e a% #%/le -" i a /-a*+elai%. I&ll 'al1 '" -i* a+"#' "#. <"%4"#%d i' all!
T-ee /"*e Flei/-e! W-a' d"e '-a' 4ell" a%') D"e -e *ell a a' + a% /-a%/e) [ Aknocking is heard and W1$1A1( shouts3] <"*e i%!
FLEISCHER
[ nters, pale and e/cited.] G""d *"%i%$! [ 1e recei#es no answer.] I -"#ld li1e '" l"d$e
i%4"*a'i"% -i/- -a e4ee%/e '" '-e "++e e/e%'l /"**i''ed -ee.
&EHRHAH
[With his most penetrating oicial glance.] 5"# ae D. J"e(- Flei/-e)
FLEISCHER
#i'e i$-'. M %a*e i J"e(- Flei/-e.
&EHRHAH
A%d "# /"*e '" $i0e *e "*e i%4"*a'i"%.
FLEISCHER
I4 "# ill (e*i' *e, '-a' i -a' I -"#ld li1e '" d". I -a0e *ade a% "+e0a'i"% -i/- *a,
7#i'e ("i+l, -el( '-e a#'-"i'ie '" 'a/1 d"% '-e '-ie4 i% 7#e'i"%.
&EHRHAH
[ rums on the table with his ingers. 1e looks around at the others with an e/pression o
aected surprise which tempts them to laughter.] W-a' i '-i i*("'a%' "+e0a'i"% -i/- "#
-a0e *ade)
FLEISCHER
O4 /"#e, i4 "# -a0e (e0i"#l *ade #( "# *i%d '" a''a/- %" i*("'a%/e '" * e0ide%/e, I-"#ld (e4e 6
&EHRHAH
[9uickly and arrogantly.] W-a' "#ld "# (e4e)
FLEISCHER
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T" -"ld * (ea/e.
&EHRHAH
[%urns to 2&%* with a look e/pressi#e o inability to understand )L"*C1$'* moti#es. %hen,
in a changed tone, with #ery supericial interest.] M 'i*e i a'-e 4#ll "//#(ied. I "#lde7#e' "# '" +e a +ie4 a ("i+le.
FLEISCHER
M 'i*e i %" le (eB*('ed. Ne0e'-ele I /"%ideed i' * d#' 6
&EHRHAH
[ "nterrupting.] 5"# /"%ideed i' "# d#'. Ve ell. N" 'ell # -a' "# 1%".
FLEISCHER
[Con0uering himsel.] I e%' +"a'i%$ e'eda. I -ad 'a1e% M. W"l44& +"a' a%d -e da#$-'ea "i%$.
&EHRHAH
Ae '-ee de'ail %e/eail (e'i%e%' '" '-e +#i%e i% -a%d)
FLEISCHER
T-e /e'ai%l ae8i% * "(i%i"%.
&EHRHAH
[ rumming impatiently on the table.] Ve ell! Ve ell! Le'& $e' "%!
FLEISCHER
We "ed '" '-e %ei$-+"#-""d "4 '-e l"/1. A li$-'e la a' a%/-" '-ee. T-e i/e, e ee a+le'" "+e0e, a (iled #( '-ee. T-e li$-'e -ad ("+a+l %"' +ee% a+le '" ("/eed.
&EHRHAH
H:*. I '-a' ") T-a' i%'ee' # a'-e le. W-a' i '-e 1e%el "4 '-i -"le '")
FLEISCHER
[ 6eeping his temper by main orce.] I *#' /"%4e '-a' '-i *e'-"d "4 6 I -a0e /"*e -ee 7#i'e0"l#%'ail '" "44e a 0"l#%'a e0i/e '" '-e a#'-"i'ie.
+LASEA,,
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[ "mpudently.] Hi -"%"# i (eed 4" 'i*e. 5"# ae '" 'al1 le a%d 'a'e -a' "# -a0e '" a
+ie4l a%d /"*(a/'l.
&EHRHAH
[7ehemently.] Le'& $e' '" +#i%e a' "%/e. W-a' i i' "# a%')
FLEISCHER
[*till mastering himsel.] I a* /"%/e%ed '-a' '-e *a''e +e /leaed #(. A%d i% '-e i%'ee' "4 "ld
M. K#e$e, I ill 6
&EHRHAH
[:awning and bored.] T-e li$-' da99le *e; d" (#ll d"% '-e -ade.
FLEISCHER
O% '-e li$-'e a a% "ld +"a'*a%8("+a+l '-e "%e "4 '-e 0eel.
&EHRHAH
[:awning as beore.] 5e, *"' ("+a+l.
FLEISCHER
T-i *a% a' "% -i de/1 i% a 4# /"a' -i/-, a' a di'a%/e, I /"%ideed a +ea0e /"a'.
&EHRHAH
[ ored.] I *i$-' -a0e 'a1e% i' '" +e *a'e%.
FLEISCHER
I (#lled a /l"e #( '" -i* a ("i+le a%d '-# $ai%ed a 0e $""d 0ie. T-e *a% a a ("0e':
'i/1e%, l"0e%l +"a'*a% a%d '-e 4# /"a' ee*ed + %" *ea% a(("(ia'e. I' a, i% addi'i"%,a (e4e/'l %e /"a' 6
&EHRHAH
[ Apparently recollecting himsel.] I a* li'e%i%$, I a* li'e%i%$! Well) W-a' ele)
FLEISCHER
W-a' ele) N"'-i%$.
&EHRHAH
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[Waking up thoroughly.] I '-"#$-' "# a%'ed '" l"d$e "*e i%4"*a'i"%. 5"# *e%'i"%ed
"*e'-i%$ i*("'a%'.
FLEISCHER
I -a0e aid all '-a' I -ad '" a.
&EHRHAH
5"# -a0e '"ld # a% a%e/d"'e a+"#' a +"a'*a% -" ea a 4# /"a'. Well, +"a'*e% d", %" d"#+',
%" a%d '-e% ea #/- /"a'. T-ee i %"'-i%$ %e " i%'ee'i%$ a+"#' '-a'.
FLEISCHER
5"# *a '-i%1 a+"#' '-a' a "# (leae. I% #/- /i/#*'a%/e I -a0e %" *"e '" a.
[ /it.
&EHRHAH
Well %", did "# e0e ee a%'-i%$ li1e '-a') M"e"0e, '-e 4ell" i a '-""#$- 4""l. A +"a'*a% -ad "% a 4# /"a'! W-, -a '-e *a% $"%e *ad) I ("e a +ea0e /"a' *el4. S#el
'-a' d"e%&' *a1e *e a '-ie4.8<"%4"#%d i' all! W-a'& '-a' a$ai%) I #(("e I a* '" $e' %" e'
'":da a' all! [%o 2"%%L&$), who is standing by the door.] D"%&' le' a%"%e ele i% %"! M.M"'e, d" *e '-e 4a0"# "4 $"i%$ "0e '" * a(a'*e%'. We /a% -a0e "# di/#i"% '-ee
i'-"#' i%'e#('i"%. T-ee& K#e$e 4" '-e -#%ded a%d 4i' 'i*e. He a/' a '-"#$- -e&d +ee%
'#%$ + a 'aa%'#la. I4 '-a' "ld a /"%'i%#e '" (la$#e *e, I&ll 1i/1 -i* 'ai$-' "#' "4 '-i ""*"*e da.
"n the open door 6$4$ becomes #isible, together with )L"*C1$ and 2$*.
W&L)).
MITTELDORF
[%o 6$4$.] Hi -"%"# /a%&' +e ee%, M. K#e$e.
*R)E+ER
N"%e%e! N"' '" +e ee%! I d"%&' /ae 4" #/- 'al1 a' all. [%o the others.] G" i$-' "%, i$-' "%!
I&d li1e '" ee!
All enter, 6$4$ leading the way.
&EHRHAH
I *#' e7#e' '-a' '-ee +e "*e-a' *"e 7#ie'. A "# ee, I a* -a0i%$ a /"%4ee%/e a'
(ee%'.
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*R)E+ER
G" i$-' a-ead i'- i'. We /a% ai'. La'e "# /a% '-e% -a0e a /"%4ee%/e i'- #.
&EHRHAH
[%o 2&%*.] O0e i% * a(a'*e%', '-e%, i4 "# (leae. A%d i4 "# ee M. Deie, 'ell -e I -ad
a'-e 7#e'i"% -e '-ee '"". 5"# ee 4" "#el4? i' i%&' ("i+le -ee.
*R)E+ER
[ 8ointing to )L"*C1$.] T-i $e%'le*a% 1%" "*e'-i%$ a+"#' M. Deie '"". He -a
"*e d"/#*e%'a e0ide%/e.
MOTES
5"# -"%"#& e0a%'. I 'a1e * lea0e.
[ /it.
*R)E+ER
T-a'& a $""d '-i%$ 4" that *a% '" 'a1e.
&EHRHAH
5"# ill 1i%dl "*i' e*a1 "4 '-a' %a'#e.
*R)E+ER
I&ll a '-a' a$ai%. T-e *a% i a i%dle.
&EHRHAH
[ As though he had not heard, to WL6&W.] Well, -a' i i') I&ll $e' id "4 "# 4i'. T-e e/"d,
Glae%a((!8Wai', '-"#$-! I&ll elie0e *el4 "4 '-i +#i%e 4i'. [%o 6$4$.] I ill 4i'a''e%d '" "# a44ai.
*R)E+ER
5e, I *#' a1 "# 0e i%i'e%'l '" d" ".
&EHRHAH
S#(("e e lea0e '-a' @i%i'e%'l@ 7#i'e "#' "4 /"%idea'i"%. W-a' e7#e' -a0e "# '" *a1e)
*R)E+ER
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N"%e a' all. I -a0e %" e7#e' '" *a1e. I a* -ee i% "de '" de*a%d -a' i * i$-'.
&EHRHAH
5"# i$-') A-, -a' i '-a', e=a/'l)
*R)E+ER
M $""d i$-'. I -a0e +ee% "++ed a%d i' i * i$-' '-a' '-e l"/al a#'-"i'ie aid *e i%e/"0ei%$ * '"le% ("ei"%.
&EHRHAH
Ha0e "# +ee% e4#ed #/- ai'a%/e)
*R)E+ER
<e'ai%l %"'. A%d '-a' i %"' ("i+le. Ne0e'-ele, i' i 7#i'e /lea '-a' %"'-i%$ i +ei%$ d"%e.T-e -"le a44ai i *a1i%$ %" ("$e.
&EHRHAH
5"# i*a$i%e '-a' '-i%$ li1e '-a' /a% +e d"%e i% a da " '".
*R)E+ER
I d"%&' i*a$i%e a%'-i%$, "# -"%"#. I -a0e 0e de4i%i'e (""4. 5"# ae 'a1i%$ %" i%'ee' i%
* a44ai.
&EHRHAH
I /"#ld i%'e#(' "# a' '-i 0e ("i%'. I' lie e%'iel +e"%d '-e d#'ie "4 * "44i/e '" li'e% '"i*(#'a'i"% "4 '-a' %a'#e. F" '-e (ee%', -"e0e, "# *a /"%'i%#e.
*R)E+ER
5"# /"#ld %"' i%'e#(' *e a' all. A a /i'i9e% "4 '-e P#ia% 'a'e I -a0e * i$-'. A%d e0e% i4
"# i%'e#(' *e -ee, '-ee ae "'-e (la/e -ee I /"#ld *a1e * /"*(lai%'. I e(ea' '-a' "#
ae %"' -"i%$ a% i%'ee' i% * a44ai.
&EHRHAH
[ Apparently calm.] S#(("e "# ("0e '-a'.
*R)E+ER
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[ 8ointing to 2$*. W&L)) and her daughter.] T-i "*a% -ee /a*e '" "#. He da#$-'e *ade
a 4i%d. S-e did%&' -i1 '-e a, "# -"%"#, al'-"#$- -e i a ("" "*a%. 5"# '#%ed -e "44
"%/e +e4"e a%d -e /a*e +a/1 '":da 6
MRS. &OLFF
2#' -i -"%"# did%&' -a0e %" 'i*e, "# 1%".
&EHRHAH
G" "%, (leae!
*R)E+ER
I ill. I&* %"' '-"#$- e' + a% *ea%. W-a' did "# a '" '-e "*a%) 5"# aid '" -e 7#i'e
i*(l '-a' "# -ad %" 'i*e 4" '-e *a''e i% 7#e'i"%. 5"# did %"' e0e% 7#e'i"% -e da#$-'e.5"# d"%&' 1%" '-e li$-'e' /i/#*'a%/e? "# d"%&' 1%" a%'-i%$ a+"#' '-e e%'ie "//#e%/e.
&EHRHAH
I ill -a0e '" a1 "# '" *"dea'e "#el4 a li''le.
*R)E+ER
M e=(ei"% ae *"dea'e; '-e ae e='e*el *"dea'e. I a* 4a '"" *"dea'e, "# -"%"#.
M e%'ie /-aa/'e i 4a '"" 4#ll "4 *"dea'i"%. I4 i' ee %"', -a' d" "# '-i%1 I "#ld a)W-a' 1i%d "4 a% i%0e'i$a'i"% i '-i) T-i $e%'le*a% -ee, D. Flei/-e, /a*e '" "# '" e("'
a% "+e0a'i"% -i/- -e -a *ade. A +"a'*a% ea a +ea0e /"a' 6
&EHRHAH
[ $aising his hand.] J#' ai' a *"*e%'. [%o WL6&W.] 5"# ae a +"a'*a%, ae%&' "#)
&)L*O&
I +ee% "#' "% '-e i0e 4" '-i' ea.
&EHRHAH
Ae "# %e0"#) 5"# ee* '" 'i'/-.
&)L*O&
I eel did -a0e a li''le /ae. T-a'& a 4a/&.
&EHRHAH
D" '-e +"a'*e% "% '-e S(ee 4e7#e%'l ea 4# /"a')
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&)L*O&
A $""d *a% "4 &e* -a 4# /"a'. T-a'& i$-' e%"#$-.
&EHRHAH
T-i $e%'le*a% a a +"a'*a% -" '""d "% -i de/1 eai%$ a 4# /"a'.
&)L*O&
T-ee ai%&' %"'-i%& #(i/i"# a+"#' '-a', "# -"%"#. T-ee& *a% a -a 4i%e /"a'. I $"' "%e*el4, i% 4a/&.
&EHRHAH
5"# "+e0e? '-e *a% -i*el4 "% a 4# /"a'.
FLEISCHER
2#' '-e% -e -a%&' e=a/'l a +ea0e /"a'.
&EHRHAH
5"# ee %"' i% a ("i'i"% '" di/"0e '-a'.
*R)E+ER
W-a') Ha '-i *a% a +ea0e /"a')
&)L*O&
T-ee& *a% "4 &e*, I /&% 'ell "#, a -a '-e 4i%e' +ea0e /"a'. A%& - %"') We *a1e
e%"#$-.
&EHRHAH
[ )illed with a sense o triumph but pretending indierence.] E=a/'l. [ Lightly.] N", (leae $""%, M. K#e$e. T-a' a "%l a li''le ide:(la. I i*(l a%'ed '" *a1e /lea '" "# '-e 0al#e
"4 '-a' ":/alled @"+e0a'i"%.@85"# ee %" '-a' '-i *a% -i*el4 "% a 4# /"a'. [ 2ore
#iolently.] W"#ld i' '-ee4"e "//# '" # i% "# ilde' *"*e%' '" ae' '-a' -e -a '"le% '-e
/"a') T-a' "#ld i*(l +e a% a+#di'.
*R)E+ER
W-a8) I d"%&' #%de'a%d a "d.
&EHRHAH
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T-e% I *#' 'al1 "*e-a' l"#de 'ill. A%d i%/e I a* 'al1i%$ '" "# %", '-ee& "*e'-i%$ ele
I *i$-' a ell a '" "#8%"' i% * /a(a/i' a 3#'i/e, +#' i*(l *a% '" *a%, M. K#e$e. A
*a% -" i a4'e all a% -"%"#a+le /i'i9e% -"#ld +e *"e /-a "4 -i /"%4ide%/e8-e -"#ld%"' add#/e '-e e0ide%/e "4 (e"(le 6
*R)E+ER
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&EHRHAH
E=a/'l '-a'.
*R)E+ER
I% '-a' /ae "# -ad +e''e 'a1e /ae "4 "#el4. Pe"(le li1e M"'e, i'- -"* "# a"/ia'e,ee 1i/1ed "#' "4 * -"#e.
FLEISCHER
I a "+li$ed '" -" '-e d"" '" '-i (e"% -"* "# e/ei0e i% "# (i0a'e a(a'*e%'!
*R)E+ER
He /-ea'ed *e "#' "4 * e%'.
MRS. &OLFF
T-ee ai%&' *a% i% '-i 0illa$e '-a' '-a' *a% ai%&' /-ea'ed all a8/-ea'ed "#' "& (e%%ie a%&-illi%&, a%& /"% a%& $"ld (ie/e.
*R)E+ER
He -a a e$#la 'e* "4 e=a/'i%$ 'i+#'e.
FLEISCHER
[ 8ulling a document out o his pocket.] M"e '-a% '-a', '-e 4ell" i i(e 4" '-e (#+li/
("e/#'". [ 1e places the document on the table.] I "#ld e7#e' "# '" ead '-i '-"#$-.
*R)E+ER
M. Deie -a i$%ed '-a' (a(e -eel4. M"'e 'ied '" i%0ei$le -e i%'" /"**i''i%$ (e3#.
FLEISCHER
S-e a '" $i0e e0ide%/e a$ai%' *e.
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*R)E+ER
[ 8utting his hand on )L"*C1$'* arm.] T-i $e%'le*a% i "4 #%+le*i-ed /"%d#/' a%d '-a'
/"#%del a%'ed '" $e' -i* i%'" '"#+le. A%d "# le%d "# ai'a%/e '" #/- '-i%$!
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&EHRHAH
M (a'ie%/e i e=-a#'ed %". W-a'e0e deali%$ "# *a -a0e i'- M"'e d"%&' /"%/e% *e
a%d ae e%'iel i%di44ee%' '" *e. [%o )L"*C1$.] 5"#&ll +e $""d e%"#$- '" e*"0e '-a' a$!
*R)E+ER
[ Alternately to 2$*. W&L)) and to 4LA*(A88.] T-a' *a% i -i -"%"#& 4ie%d? '-a' i -i
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FLEISCHER
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&EHRHAH
#ie', (leae! [9uiet is restored. %o )L"*C1$.] 5"# ill (leae e*"0e '-a' a$.
FLEISCHER
[&beys.] T-a' a$, a "# /all i', ill +e 4"aded '" '-e (#+li/ ("e/#'".
&EHRHAH
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package brought by 2$*. W&L)).] Le' # 4i%all di("e "4 '-i *a''e, '-e%. [%o 2$*.W&L)).] W-ee did "# 4i%d '-i '-i%$)
MRS. &OLFF
I' ai%&' *e '-a' 4"#%d i' a' all.
&EHRHAH
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Well, -" did 4i%d i')
MRS. &OLFF
M "#%$e' da#$-'e.
&EHRHAH
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MRS. &OLFF
S-e a -ee, all i$-', "# -"%"#. A%& '-e%, I /&% $" "0e a%& 4e'/- -e i% a *i%#'e.
&EHRHAH
T-a' "#ld "%l e0e '" dela '-e -"le +#i%e a$ai%. Did%&' '-e $il 'ell "# a%'-i%$ a+"#'
i')
*R)E+ER
5"# aid i' a 4"#%d "% '-e a '" '-e aila 'a'i"%.
&EHRHAH
I% '-a' /ae '-e '-ie4 i ("+a+l i% 2eli%, T-a' "%&' *a1e "# ea/- a% eaie.
*R)E+ER
I d"%&' +elie0e '-a' a' all, "# -"%"#, M. Flei/-e ee* '" *e '" -a0e a% e%'iel /"e/'
"(i%i"%. T-e -"le +#i%e i'- '-e (a/1a$e i a 'i/1 *ea%' '" *ilead #.
MRS. &OLFF
Well, ell. T-a'& *i$-' ("i+le.
&EHRHAH
N", M. W"l44, "#&e %"' " '#(id a a #le. T-i%$ '-a' ae '"le% -ee $" i% '" 2eli%. T-a'4# /"a' a "ld i% 2eli% +e4"e e e0e% 1%e '-a' i' a '"le%.
MRS. &OLFF
N", "# -"%"#, I /a%&' -el( i', +#' I ai%&' 7#i'e, %"' 7#i'e "4 '-e a*e "(i%i"%. I4 '-e '-ie4 i i%
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&EHRHAH
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S#/- '-i%$ ae %"' ala l"' i%'e%'i"%all.
MRS. &OLFF
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*R)E+ER
I +elie0e '-e '-ie4 '" +e i% '-i 0e (la/e.
MRS. &OLFF
[Conirming him.] Well, "# ee, M. K#e$e.
*R)E+ER
I 4i*l +elie0e i'.
&EHRHAH
S", +#' I d" %"' i%/li%e '" '-a' "(i%i"%. M e=(eie%/e i 4a '"" l"%$ 6
*R)E+ER
W-a') A l"%$ e=(eie%/e) H:*!
&EHRHAH
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MRS. &OLFF
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*R)E+ER
[ $eerring to )L"*C1$.] A%d '-e% -e a '-e +"a'*a% 6
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MRS. &OLFF
T-e% "# +e''e $" a%& 'a' i'- * -"#e, "# -"%"#.
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&EHRHAH
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*R)E+ER
I #(("e "# *ea% '-e 0e$e'a+le -#/1'e. T-a'& -a' '-e d".
&EHRHAH
N"' "%l '-e 0e$e'a+le -#/1'e, M. K#e$e. A%d I -a0e %" d"#+' +#' '-a' "# /"a' 'a0elled
i% '-e a*e a.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a'& ("i+le, all i$-'. T-ee ai%&' %"'-i%& i*("i+le i% this "ld, I 'ell "#.
&EHRHAH
Well, '-e%! N", -a' did "# a%' '" a%%"#%/e)
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A li''le $il, "# -"%"#.
&EHRHAH
I ill d" all '-a' i ("i+le.
*R)E+ER
I "%&' le' '-e *a''e e' #%'il I $e' +a/1 * /"a'.
&EHRHAH
Well, -a'e0e /a% +e d"%e ill +e d"%e. M. W"l44 /a% #e -e ea a li''le.
MRS. &OLFF
T-e '"#+le i I d"%&' 1%" -" '" a/' li1e a (. 2#' i4 '-i%$ li1e '-a' d"%&' /"*e "#'8'-eeai%&' %" ai%& -a'& a4e %" *"e.
*R)E+ER
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5"# ae 7#i'e i$-', M. W"l44, 7#i'e i$-'. [%o W1$1A1(.] I *#' a1 "# '" e=a*i%e '-a'
(a/1a$e /ae4#ll. T-e -a%di'i%$ "% '-e li( '-a' a 4"#%d i% i' *a lead '" a di/"0e. A%d
da a4'e '":*"" *"%i%$, "# -"%"#, I ill 'a1e '-e li+e' "4 '"#+li%$ "# a$ai%. G""d*"%i%$!
[ /it.
FLEISCHER
G""d *"%i%$.
[ /it.
&EHRHAH
[%o WL6&W.] H" "ld ae "#)8T-ee& "*e'-i%$ "%$ i'- '-"e '" 4ell" #( -ee.[ 1e touches his orehead. %o WL6&W.] W-a' i "# %a*e)
&)L*O&
A#$#' P-ili( W#l1".
&EHRHAH
[%o 2"%%L&$).] G" "0e '" * a(a'*e%'. T-a' M"'e i 'ill i''i%$ '-ee a%d ai'i%$. Tell
-i* I a* " +#' I -a0e "'-e '-i%$ '" d" '-i *"%i%$.
MITTELDORF
A%& "# d"%&' a%' -i* '" ai')
&EHRHAH
[ 1arshly.] N", -e %eed%&' ai'!
[ 2"%%L&$), e/it.
&EHRHAH
[%o 2$*. W&L)).] D" "# 1%" '-i a#'-" M"'e)
MRS. &OLFF
W-e% i' /"*e '" (e"(le li1e '-a', "# -"%"#, I&d a'-e $" a%& -"ld * '"%$#e. T-ee ai%&'*#/- $""d '-a' I /"#ld 'ell "#.
&EHRHAH
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[ "ronically.] 2#' "# /"#ld 'ell *e a $ea' deal '-a'& $""d a+"#' Flei/-e.
MRS. &OLFF
He ai%&' %" +ad "', a%& '-a'& a 4a/&.
&EHRHAH
I #(("e "#&e 'i%$ '" +e a +i' /ae4#l i% -a' "# a.
MRS. &OLFF
N", I ai%&' *#/- $""d a' '-a'. I&* i$-' "#' i'- '-i%$, "# -"%"#. I4 I -ad%&' ala $"%e a%& +ee% i$-' "#' i'- -a' I $"' '" a, I *i$-' -a& +ee% a $""d +i' 4#'-e al"%$ i% '-e "ld.
&EHRHAH
T-a' ("li/ -a %e0e d"%e "# a% -a* i'- *e.
MRS. &OLFF
N", %"' i'- "#, "# -"%"#. 5"# /&% 'a%d +ei%& ("1e% '" -"%e'. N"+"d d"%&' %eed '" +e %ea1 &"#%d "#.
&EHRHAH
I% -"'? Flei/-e i a *a% "4 -"%"#.
MRS. &OLFF
T-a' -e i! T-a' -e i!
&EHRHAH
Well, "# e*e*+e * "d "4 '":da.
MRS. &OLFF
A%& "# e*e*+e *i%e.
&EHRHAH
Ve ell. T-e 4#'#e ill -". [ 1e stretches himsel, gets up, and stamps his eet gently on the
loor. %o WL6&W.] T-i i "# e=/elle%' a-e"*a%. S-e '-i%1 '-a' all (e"(le ae li1e
-eel4. [%o 2$*. W&L)).] 2#' #%4"'#%a'el '-e "ld i di44ee%'l *ade. 5"# ee -#*a% +ei%$ 4"* '-e "#'ide; a *a% li1e *el4 -a lea%ed '" l""1 a li''le dee(e. [ 1e takes a ew paces, then stops beore her and lays his hand on her shoulder.] A%d a #el a i' i '#e -e% I
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a? M. W"l44 i a% -"%e' "*a%; " #el I 'ell "#? '-i D. Flei/-e "4 "#, "4 -"* e
ee (ea1i%$, i a '-""#$-l da%$e"# (e"%!
MRS. &OLFF
[*haking her head resignedly.] Well, '-e% I d"%&' 1%" %" *"e -a' '" '-i%1 6
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