[_WEHRHAHN permits ADELAIDE to precede him and then enters._] I
have very little time to-day. Ah, yes, aren't you Mrs. Wolff's little
girl? Well, then, sit down. What have you there?
ADELAIDE
I got a package ...
WEHRHAHN
Wait a moment first ... [_To WULKOW._] What do you want?
WULKOW
I'd like to report the birth of ...
WEHRHAHN
Matter of the public registry. The books, Glasenapp. That is to say, I'll
attend to the other affair first. [_To MRS. WOLFF._] What's the trouble
about your daughter? Did Mr. Krueger box her ears again?
MRS. WOLFF
Well, he didn't go that far no time.
WEHRHAHN
What's the trouble, then?
MRS. WOLFF
It's about this here package ...
WEHRHAHN
[_To GLASENAPP._] Hasn't Motes been here yet?
GLASENAPP
Not up to this time.
WEHRHAHN
That's incomprehensible. Well, girl, what do you want?
GLASENAPP
It's in the matter of the stolen fur coat, your honour.
WEHRHAHN
Is that so? Can't possibly attend to that today. No one can do everything
at once. [_To MRS. WOLFF._] She may come in to-morrow.
MRS. WOLFF
She's tried to talk to you a couple o' times already.
WEHRHAHN
Then let her try for a third time to-morrow.
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