.. He bought it for a song in the old days. If we c'n get it--the whole
of it an' not parcelled--there'd be a cool million in it.
MRS. FIELITZ
An' here I got two savin's bank books.
SCHMAROWSKI
Thank you. Just what I need. There are times when a man can't be sparin'
o' money ...
MRS. FIELITZ
The girl is comin'. Hurry an' slip 'em into your pocket.
_SCHMAROWSKI hastily puts the bankbooks into his pocket, nods to MRS.
FIELITZ and withdraws rapidly._
MRS. FIELITZ
[_Half rising from her chair and looking anxiously out through the
window._] If only they don't go' an' make trouble this day. There's a
great crowd o' people standin' around.
_LEONTINE returns with the three bottles of wine and the glasses._
LEONTINE
Mama! Mama! He's downstairs again. That fool of a Rauchhaupt is down
there.
MRS. FIELITZ
[_Frightened._] Who?
LEONTINE
Rauchhaupt. He's comin' in right behind me.
[_She places the bottles and glasses on the table._
MRS. FIELITZ
[_With sudden determination._] Let him! He c'n come up for all I cares.
I'll tell him the reel truth for onct.
[_RAUCHHAUPT puts his head in at the door._
RAUCHHAUPT
Is I disturbing you, Mrs.
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