I am far too
moderate, your honour. My entire character is far too full of moderation.
If it were not, what do you think I would say? What kind of an
investigation is this? This gentleman here, Dr. Fleischer, came to you to
report an observation which he has made. A boatman wears a beaver coat
...
WEHRHAHN
[_Raising his hand._] Just wait a moment. [_To WULKOW._] You are a
boatman, aren't you?
WULKOW
I been out on the river for thirty years.
WEHRHAHN
Are you nervous? You seem to twitch.
WULKOW
I reely did have a little scare. That's a fac'.
WEHRHAHN
Do the boatmen on the Spree frequently wear fur coats?
WULKOW
A good many of 'em has fur coats. That's right enough.
WEHRHAHN
This gentleman saw a boatman who stood on his deck wearing a fur coat.
WULKOW
There ain't nothin' suspicious about that, your honour. There's many as
has fine coats. I got one myself, in fac'.
WEHRHAHN
You observe: the man himself owns a fur coat.
FLEISCHER
But then he hasn't exactly a beaver coat.
WEHRHAHN
You were not in a position to discover that.
KRUEGER
What? Has this man a beaver coat?
WULKOW
There's many of 'em, I c'n tell you, as has the finest beaver coats.
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