Constable SCHULZE
enters in full uniform._
WEHRHAHN
Where have you been all day?
SCHULZE
[_Utterly disconcerted for some moments. Then:_] We nabbed the boy, your
honour.
WEHRHAHN
Is that so? Who did it?
SCHULZE
Me and Tschache.
WEHRHAHN
Where?
SCHULZE
Right near here; by the church.
GLASENAPP
He always sits there and listens to the bells.
WEHRHAHN
Why didn't you tell us that before? Did he try to escape? Did he run from
you?
SCHULZE
He sat in the ditch an' didn't notice us. Tschache could ride close up to
him. An' then we got him by the scruff an' had him tight.
[_He steps back and grasps GUSTAV, whom_ TSCHACHE is leading in.
Members of the crowd press forward._
WEHRHAHN
H-m! At all events he is here. I'm rather sorry, I must say. He's the son
of a former Prussian constable ... Has any one informed old Rauchhaupt?
Somebody had better go for him.
MRS. SCHULZE
I'm takin' care of a sick person, your honour. Maybe I might be able to
get off now?
WEHRHAHN
Prepare the record, Glasenapp. No, Mrs. Schulze, you'll have to remain
here for the present. The matter will be finished soon enough.--So let us
prepare the record .
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