ALICE. But I have also had to borrow money from her.
CAPTAIN. I think you capable of it.
ALICE. What an ingrate you are! You know I borrowed that money for the children to get into the city.
CAPTAIN. Curt had a fine way of coming back! A rascal, that one, too! And a coward! He didn't dare to say he had had enough, and that he found the doctor's party more pleasant—He's the same rapscallion as ever!
CURT. [Enters quickly from the left] Well, my dear Edgar, this is how the matter stands—the doctor knows everything about your heart——
CAPTAIN. My heart?
CURT. You have long been suffering from calcification of the heart——
CAPTAIN. Stone heart?
CURT. And——
CAPTAIN. Is it serious?