THE OFFICER. Then the laws of logic are silly, for Nils who ran away, cannot be time.
THE TEACHER. That is also good logic, although it is silly.
THE OFFICER. Then logic itself is silly.
THE TEACHER. So it seems. But if logic is silly, then all the world is silly—and then the devil himself wouldn't stay here to teach you more silliness. If anybody treats me to a drink, we'll go and take a bath.
THE OFFICER. That is a posterus prius, or the world turned upside down, for it is customary to bathe first and have the drink afterward. Old fogy!
THE TEACHER. Beware of a swelled head, doctor!
THE OFFICER. Call me captain, if you please. I am an officer, and I cannot understand why I should be sitting here to get scolded like a schoolboy——
THE TEACHER. [With raised index finger] We were to mature!
MASTER OF Q. [Enters] The quarantine begins.
THE OFFICER. Oh, there you are. Just think of it, this fellow makes me sit among the boys although I am graduated.