..
STROEBEL. But you are always contradicting yourself. First you say
yes, and then you say no.
REISACHER. I beg your pardon, Herr Assessor Stroebel. I wanted to
say that in the Police Department it is like this: Everything you
do is all right, if it turns out all right.
STROEBEL [turns back to his desk]. You will never learn to
formulate a thought precisely.
REISACHER [also turns]. All right, Herr Stroebel.
(Short pause. Stroebel reads. Reisacher writes. A commotion is
heard through the middle door, which, is thrown open and Ninon De
Hauteville enters. Behind her a policeman, who holds her tightly
by the arm. She tries to free herself.)
HAUTEVILLE. [she wears a large picture hat, and is highly
perfumed]. Keep your hands off me. I haven't killed anyone.
Please, let me go.
STROEBEL [he has risen]. What's the matter?
POLICE OFFICER. [releasing her, stands at attention]. Have the
honor sir, to report this disreputable woman--the Hochstetter
person.
HAUTEVILLE. Please, help me, sir. I am being handled like the
commonest criminal.
STROEBEL. Why do you keep that hat on? You are not paying us a
visit?
HAUTEVILLE. Indeed not! I am not paying a visit. If I lived to be
a hundred, it would never occur to me to pay you a visit.
STROEBEL. Don't talk so much. Do you understand? [To Reisacher.]
Get your report book ready.
Pages:
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53