CURT. Don't need to?
CAPTAIN. No, for I have already done so. Yah!
[CURT rises but sinks back again.
ALICE. [To CURT] Now he must die!
CURT. Why, he is a cannibal!
CAPTAIN. So much for that! [Straight to ALICE and CURT] Did you say anything?
ALICE. No—have you grown hard of hearing?
CAPTAIN. Yes, a little—but if you come nearer to me I can tell you something between ourselves.
ALICE. That is not necessary—and a witness is sometimes good to have for both parties.
CAPTAIN. You are right; witnesses are sometimes good to have! But, first of all, did you get that will?