[ Alice advances and brings Knickerbocker from the closet. ]
Alice. Gook, so g’wiss, ols noch doh!
Knick. Yaw, olles os noch fun mer ivverich is, un ich insures os se mich in a hurry nimmy den wæg fonga, un now will ich mich aw grawd ous ’m shtawb maucha. [ Goes towards the door and returns in sudden alarm. ]
Knick. Hohls mich der bettle wann now net de Ripsy widder coom’d—un ich wase net wass tzu du!
Alice. Sell is now all di eagny shuld—ferwass warsh’d so detarmined den owet tzu cooma?
Knick. Un ich glawb net os ich si lava widder coom—for wann se mich doh ferwisht don gebt ’s aw widder amohl orrick doonkler shmoke in der kich!
Alice. ’S is now yusht ea plan for era ous ’m waig tzu cooma, un sell is, du now seller olt pedler fraw era claider aw shlippa—doh sin se, un ich insures os du kæ difficulty finnsht for ous ’m house tzu cooma.
Knick. Nay, un aw mit ’m ’a bookle ful shlaig in der barya—awer ich geb nix um sell.
[ Knickerbocker sits in arm chair and is attired by Alice in woman’s dress; on rising, the petticoats but reach his knees. ]
Knick. De unnerclaider sin awer beim bettle tzu kortz—net holwer long ganunk!