Knickerbocker and Alice enter L. H. arm in arm. They are much more corpulent than when seen in Act I and dressed in modern attire,— Alice in the extreme of former fashion.
Knick. Decide according tzu’m bashta fershtond. Weis war anyhow net shwartz. Nemond hut mer my argument answera kenna. ( Speaking as entering. ) Coom—ei Lorrenna, bisht aw doh? Awer du gooksht os wann du im troovel wærsht. Wo faild ’s? Shwetz rous—is ebbas letz?
Lor. Ich bin der feel donk shuldich for wass, os du proweert husht tzu du for mich. Awer ich bin im troovel, un ich con ’s net helfa. My troovel is weaga dem Herman Van Slaus—
Alice. Ich wase exactly wo ’s fail’d. Es hut mich aw shun orrick feel gatroovel’d un hob aw feel shlofe ferlora weaga deer—
Knick. Yaw, sell is wohr. De Alice un ich hen shun uft derweaga g’shwetzt—awer, si goots moots—
Alice. Yaw, si goots moots—es coom’d ferleich noch olles recht—geb net uf—
Lor. Der Gustaffe—ar is der ainsich mon os ich im sin hob tzu hira.
Knick. Un der Gustaffe is aw able olles recht tzu maucha. Si shiff is all recht, un wann ’m nix abbordichs happened don is ar aw ’n orrick reicher mon. So feel os ich hob ous finna kenna, is si shiff shun aw galand in Nei Yorrick un in a pawr dawg coomd ar aw os ’d ’n selwer sana consht.
Lor. Sell is tzu goot ’s tzu glawa. Bisht now sure os ar all recht is, un os ar coomd?
Knick. Sure? Of course bin ich ’s sure, so now, si mer goots moots. ( A knock is heard. )