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_HOFFMANN and DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG enter._
HOFFMANN
Surely--you will stay with us from now on.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
Yes, I suppose I will stay now.
HOFFMANN
That's a very, very great consolation to me.--Will you have a glass of
wine? Surely you'll drink a glass of wine, Doctor?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
If you want to do something for me, have a cup of coffee prepared.
HOFFMANN
With pleasure. Edward! Coffee for the doctor! [_EDWARD withdraws._] Are
you...? Are you satisfied with the way things are going?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
So long as your wife's strength keeps up there is, at all events, no
direct danger. But why didn't you call in the young midwife? I remember
having recommended her to you.
HOFFMANN
My mother-in-law...! What is one to do? And, to be frank with you, my
wife has no confidence in the young woman either.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
But your ladies place confidence in this old fossil? Well, I hope they'll
... And I suppose you would like to go back upstairs?
HOFFMANN
Yes, honestly, I can't get much rest down here.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
It would be better undoubtedly if you were to go somewhere--out of the
house.
HOFFMANN
With the best will in the world, I--.
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