KURT
--Do you but crop this fellow's ears!--

VERONIKA
[from the steps]
Ah, Kurt!

JACOBUS
[to him, blandly]
Deal patiently, good neighbor. All is well.
[To the PIPER]
Why do you name a price so laughable,
My man? Call you to mind; you have no claim,--
No scrip to show. You cling upon--

PIPER
[sternly]
Your word.

JACOBUS
I, would say--just--

PIPER
Your word.

JACOBUS
Upon--

PIPER
Your word.