CAPTAIN. [Unmoved] What are you going to do now?
CURT. Have an auction, I suppose.
CAPTAIN. You had better.
CURT. What do you mean?
CAPTAIN. What I said! For there [slowly] are going to be some changes——
CURT. On the island?
CAPTAIN. Yes—as, for instance,—your quarters are going to be exchanged for somewhat simpler ones.
CURT. Well, well.
CAPTAIN. Yes, the plan is to place the quarantine station on the outside shore, near the water.
CURT. My original idea!