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PFEIFER
Mr. Dreissiger, it's serious now!
DREISSIGER
Damn it all, Pfeifer, will you hold your tongue?
MRS. DREISSIGER
[_Coming out of the drawing-room with MRS. KITTELHAUS._] This is really
too bad, William. Our whole pleasant evening's being spoiled. Here's Mrs.
Kittelhaus saying that she'd better go home.
KITTELHAUS
You mustn't take it amiss, dear Mrs. Dreissiger, but perhaps, under the
circumstances, it _would_ be better ...
MRS. DREISSIGER
But, William, why in the world don't you go out and put a stop to it?
DREISSIGER
You go and see if you can do it. Try! Go and speak to them! [_Standing in
front of the pastor, abruptly._] Am I such a tyrant? Am I a cruel master?
_Enter JOHN the coachman._
JOHN
If you please, m'm, I've put to the horses. Mr. Weinhold's put Georgie
and Charlie into the carriage. If it comes to the worst, we're ready to
be off.
MRS. DREISSIGER
If what comes to the worst?
JOHN
I'm sure I don't know, m'm. But I'm thinkin' this way: The crowd's
gettin' bigger and bigger, an' they've sent the superintendent an' the
p'liceman to the right-about.
PFEIFER
It's gettin' serious now, Mr. Dreissiger! It's serious!
MRS.
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