So-o?
STROEBEL. Or the Hochstetter ...
BEERMANN. Well, since you say so, it must be so.
STROEBEL. First I thought you came to express your satisfaction
that we had caught this person ...
BEERMANN. No, that was not my purpose.
STROEBEL. I am sure it wasn't. I was quite surprised that you were
not satisfied with her arrest.
BEERMANN. Why shouldn't I not be satisfied with her arrest?
STROEBEL [nervously]. But, Herr Beermann, you will recollect how
we discussed the diary.
BEERMANN [quickly]. A diary? I know nothing about it.
STROEBEL. You even became quite excited about it.
BEERMANN. I know nothing whatever of any diary. You never showed
me any book at all. Of that I am very positive.
STROEBEL [in despair]. It is just my confounded luck to find you
in this predicament. You are evidently suffering.
BEERMANN. An awful ringing in my ears--
STROEBEL. I would leave you at once if the least delay were
possible. But I simply must speak to you about it tonight. Can't
you get relief by taking medicine?
BEERMANN. No medicine can help me. I can only tell you that I do
not know anything about any diary.
STROEBEL. Lord, Lord, leave the diary out of it altogether. It is
absolutely of no importance.
BEERMANN. It is of no importance?
STROEBEL. Of course, it is safely locked in my desk ...
BEERMANN. Is that so? Well, then I can't understand why you
hurried to see me tonight.
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