.. did
the boy seem to you ... I mean, in reference to this affair--as if things
were not quite right with him?
EDE
[_Softly to BOXER and LANGHEINRICH._] We knows where he ain't quite
right!
WEHRHAHN
Did he arouse your suspicion? Yes or no? Or did the thought actually
occur to you that he might have started the fire?
DR. BOXER
No. I have become too much of a stranger here. The conditions seem to
overwhelm me.
WEHRHAHN
In what respect?
DR. BOXER
[_With assumed seriousness._] I have returned from a very narrow life.
Out on the ocean one becomes accustomed to a certain narrowness of
outlook. And so, as I said, I hardly feel capable of any comment for the
present and must ask for the necessary consideration.
WEHRHAHN
We're not discussing conditions. The thing that lies before us is a
concrete case. For instance: whether the boy tootled or not--what has
that to do with narrowness or breadth of outlook?
DR. BOXER
Quite right. I haven't been able to get a general view yet. I can't so
suddenly find my way again. I feel, naturally, the importance, the
seriousness of the conditions here at home and that makes me feel
hesitant.
WEHRHAHN
He did tootle this way, through his hand, didn't he? You heard that too,
didn't you, Langheinrich?
LANGHEINRICH
Sure, he did it right out loud.
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