ALICE. [Aloud] Yes, I remember that, too.
CAPTAIN. You?
CURT. I remember it so much the better because——
CAPTAIN. [Cutting him short] Well, it's possible, but it does not matter. [Raising his voice] However—we have now reached a point where a new state of affairs—[To CURT, who wants to interrupt] just a moment!—has begun to prevail—and when the methods of quarantining are about to become revolutionized.
CURT. By the by, do you know who is writing those stupid articles in that periodical?
CAPTAIN. [Flushing] No, I don't know, but why do you call them stupid?
ALICE. [To CURT] Look out! It is he who writes them.
CURT. He?—[To the CAPTAIN] Not very well advised, at least.
CAPTAIN. Well, are you the man to judge of that?
ALICE. Are we going to have a quarrel?