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78 berger. [Shows it to him.] Is this your handwriting?

—If you say it is

—Mate, don't make it harder for me. It's painful enough as it is. And I have so little time Is this your handwriting?

—Well, yes.

—There, you see! [''A brief pause. He looks at his watch.'']

—Well, I know what to expect. Get it over with.

—You are a traitor, Mate. This letter proves it.

—That's all right. You can discharge me if you want to.

—Why do you make it harder for me, Mate? Do you think I like to do this? You don't even say a word in your own defense.

—What's the use of my saying anything? I know that I've got the sack.

—But how could you do such a thing? Why did you do it? Why?

—If I told you, you wouldn't believe me. I'm a liar, I am. Everybody says so.

—Don't be so pig-headed! Did you perhaps  need the money for something urgent? You haven't a family, have you?

—I have a crippled father.