CAPTAIN. It is not exactly agreeable for me to be the one who——
CURT. Oh, speak up!
CAPTAIN. The soda factory has gone to the wall——
CURT. That's decidedly unpleasant! Where does that leave you?
CAPTAIN. I am all right, as I sold out in time.
CURT. That was sensible.
CAPTAIN. But how about you?
CURT. Done for!
CAPTAIN. It's your own fault. You should have sold out in time, or taken new stock.
CURT. So that I could lose that too.