CURT. Under ordinary circumstances that ought to please a father, but in my case it will merely be painful.
CAPTAIN. I don't see why it should!
CURT. You don't need to—it is enough that I don't want it.
CAPTAIN. Oh, you think so? Well, then, you ought to know that the young man has been ordered to report here, and that from now on he has to obey me.
CURT. Then I shall force him to seek transfer to another regiment.
CAPTAIN. You cannot do it, as you have no rights over your son.
CURT. No?
CAPTAIN. No, for the court gave those rights to the mother.
CURT. Then I shall communicate with the mother.
CAPTAIN. You don't need to.