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Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

"The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I"

If you'd only ha' kept a better watch on that
there boy! I preached to you about that often enough.
RAUCHHAUPT
I don't know what you been preachin'! You ol' mush head! Go on preachin'!
SCHULZE
I begs to have it recorded that Rauchhaupt insulted me officially.
RAUCHHAUPT
What? 'Cause you're such a old idjit? That's the reason why I insults you
officially....
WEHRHAHN
Man alive! Do you know where you are? Or have you just dropped here out
of the clouds! Confound it all! Stand still! Obey orders!
RAUCHHAUPT
Here I is, your honour, an' I humbly announces ...
WEHRHAHN
That you are recalcitrant and disorderly! You are trying to get into
trouble! How long have you been retired?
RAUCHHAUPT
Eleven years.
WEHRHAHN
In addition your memory is probably injured. And anyhow--your whole
appearance! The devil! To think of a former constable looking like that
... I thought I knew all types!
RAUCHHAUPT
That's 'cause I am ... You'll kindly excuse ...
WEHRHAHN
Nothing is excused here! D'you understand? You actually smell! You
contaminate the air!
RAUCHHAUPT
'Tain't nothin' but the smell o' earth ...
WEHRHAHN
Horse dung!
RAUCHHAUPT
That must be from them pineapples.


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