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 —[At the end of his endurance.] Liar! You are dismissed [Reconsiders it, angrily.] You are not dismissed! Oh, how can I tell whether you are lying or not?

—[Low, reproachfully.] Oh, Mr. Juhasz!

—[Angrily.] Be still! [Less angrily.] Sit down. [Less angrily yet.] Have a cigarette.

—[Drying his eyes.] I only smoke cigars.

—[Crossly pushes the humidor toward him.] There! [ takes one.] Not those [Shouts.] Take a Havana. [ sticks several in his pocket.] Stop that crying And tell me instead, whether you are lying to me or not.

—[Snivelling.] When all a man earns is eighty kronen a month

—I know, I know.

—And has to send forty to his father, and thirty to his sick boy [as makes a gesture of surprise] I mean girl  what has he got left? Ten kronen! Can you live on ten kronen a month?

—It's terrible, I know

Mate [Scratches his head in bewilderment.] I wish I knew what to do.

—If I had anything left to pawn but I haven't.

—[Feels involuntarily for his watch