Moral by Ludwig Thoma
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HAUTEVILLE. [shrugs her shoulders]. That's something I cannot stop you from doing. STROEBEL. What then is your belief in fair play? HAUTEVILLE. I never submitted that diary to you. You could not have gotten it from me voluntarily, but it quite suits me that the officer found it in my desk. STROEBEL. Why? HAUTEVILLE. Because he might have searched for it in the wardrobe. STROEBEL. Now my patience is at an end. [Presses the button on his desk.] I will have no consideration for anyone. HAUTEVILLE. After all, perhaps you will. For yourself. [Police officer enters.] STROEBEL. Take this woman downstairs, [The officer leaves with Hauteville. Stroebel sits down, pushes the chair angrily to the desk, then gets up and throws the diary and several other books on the desk, saying to himself:] Never heard anything like it! Such impudence! [Reisacher looks at him with amusement. A knock at the door.] |
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