You can't rob life of every stimulus.
LOTH
I'm not so sure of that. I am thoroughly content with the normal stimuli
that reach my nervous system.
HOFFMANN
And a company that sit together with dry throats always has been and
always will be a damnably weary and boresome one--with which, as a rule,
I'd care to have very little to do.
MRS. KRAUSE
An' all them aristocrats drinks a whole lot.
MRS. SPILLER
[_Devoutly confirming her mistress' remark by an inclination of her
body._] It is easy for gentlemen to drink a great deal of wine.
LOTH
[_To HOFFMANN._] My experience is quite to the contrary. As a rule, I am
bored at a table where a great deal is drunk.
HOFFMANN
Oh, of course, it's got to be done in moderation.
LOTH
What do you call moderation?
HOFFMANN
Well, so long as one is in possession of one's senses ...
LOTH
Aha! Then you do admit that, in general, the consumption of alcohol does
endanger the possession of one's senses? And for that reason, you see, I
find tavern parties such a bore.
HOFFMANN
Are you afraid of losing possession of your senses so easily?
KAHL
T'-t'other d-day I drank a b-bottle o' R-Rhine-wine, _an'_ another o'
ch-champagne.
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