The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume I by Gerhart Hauptmann
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HOFFMANN
[_Carelessly._] And then, I suppose, you will describe what you've seen down there? LOTH Yes, my work is to be primarily descriptive. HOFFMANN I'm awfully sorry, but I've nothing to do with that side of things. So you just want to write about the miners, eh? LOTH That question shows how little of an economist you are. HOFFMANN [_Whose vanity is stung._] I beg your pardon! I hope you don't think ... Why? I don't see why that isn't a legitimate question?... And, anyhow: it wouldn't be surprising. One can't know everything. LOTH Oh, calm yourself. The matter stands simply thus: if I am to study the situation of the miners in this district, it is of course unavoidably necessary that I touch upon all the factors that condition their situation. |
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