You surely ought to go. Professor Stohr--you know
him--told me he never in his life saw anything so gorgeous.
FRAULEIN KOCH-PINNEBERG. She's so picturesque in her greenish
gowns.
FRAU BOLLAND. I did not know that the Hindoos could be so
charming.
BEERMANN. We'll have a look at her some night.
EFFIE. But to-morrow night is her last appearance.
BEERMANN [going to the humidor]. Very well darling. Will you
remind me of it to-morrow? [Taking a box of cigars offers one to
Dobler who is standing near him.] Smoke?
DOBLER [taking one]. Thanks. But I am not accustomed to the
imported ones.
BEERMANN [patronizingly]. You'll get used to high living soon
enough.
BOLLAND [to Dobler]. How long have you been in the city now?
DOBLER. Two years.
BOLLAND. And before that you were in ... eh?
FRAU BOLLAND. You must excuse him Herr Dobler. Why in
Unterschlettenbach, dear ... You know that!
BOLLAND [correcting himself]. Certainly. Bit of literary history.
Mighty interesting place that Unterschlettenbach ... eh?
DOBLER. Hardly, Herr Kommerzienrat. Poor and unsanitary. Most of
its inhabitants are miners.
BOLLAND. Fancy that! And I never knew it. Full of miners! Tell me
though, what do you think of our set here ...? How do you like
this well-to-do circle ... the big city ... wealthy surroundings?
DOBLER [lighting a cigar].
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