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 —What's that? What did Mr. Geiringer find out?

—That Oscar had gone into bankruptcy then he went straight to the lawyer for your creditors.

—[Excitedly.] Slowly, please. You say that Oscar went bankrupt in Berlin?

—Yes. Didn't you know it?

—[Looking at .] No.

—I'm sorry to have been the first to tell you but everyone in the city knows it.

—You are quite sure?

—Well, his wife has been back in Budapest, living with her mother, for the past two weeks And I see Oscar every day.

—Are they divorced?

—No, but they are so hard up that they have to live at her mother's house.

—If that's so, there has been a terrible mistake somewhere. [He looks again at ; takes out the receipt, crosses to .] Read this.

—I'll leave you alone. [She starts for the door.]

—[Takes her by the hand.] No, Paula, you will stay here, please.

—[Reading the notice.] The Deutsche Bank Oscar Mezei  fifty-one thousand