THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON


TIME: _now_.
PLACE: _a certain_ MAN'S _house_.

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THE MAN.
HIS WIFE.
THEIR SON--LITTLE HANS.
THE GRANDFATHER.

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[_The_ MAN, _his_ WIFE, _little_ HANS, _and the_ GRANDFATHER _sit at the
table eating the noon meal._]

MAN. Be careful, father! You are spilling the soup on your coat.

GRANDFATHER (_trying to steady his trembling hand_). Yes, yes, I'll be
careful.

[_Short pause._]

WIFE (_sharply_). Grandfather! You have spilled the soup on my clean
tablecloth!

GRANDFATHER (_embarrassed_). Dear me! Dear me!