As though people confided in such as
you.
HAUTEVILLE. I think that they rely upon the fact that our loyalty
is not "just talk."
STROEBEL [again calm]. Listen to me. I do not think that you
entirely understand your position. [Hauteville shrugs her
shoulders.] No, I don't think that you know at all what is
involved.
HAUTEVILLE. On the contrary it is far worse that you don't seem to
realize who is involved.
STROEBEL [quickly]. In what?
HAUTEVILLE. In the wardrobe.
STROEBEL. Have you lost your senses? You are a prisoner here. Do
you want to poke fun at us?
HAUTEVILLE. No.
STROEBEL. Then don't consider yourself so important with those
meaning insinuations.
HAUTEVILLE. If I did, I'd soon lose my importance after eating
that yellow broth from those rusty tin plates.
STROEBEL. And that will continue for some time.
HAUTEVILLE. [energetically]. No, it will not. I tell you right now
that I will not spend another night in that dirty hole. I will not
be mistreated any longer.
STROEBEL [with sarcasm]. Of course we are going to ask you for
your kind permission.
HAUTEVILLE. I will not remain here. If they think I will let them
ruin me, they're very much mistaken. This is an outrage and here
fair play stops.
STROEBEL. The likes of you and fair play!
HAUTEVILLE. [bitterly]. Yes, the likes of me. Every day we hear
the confessions of those very people who publicly show contempt
for us.
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