JOHAN. No, I don't think so, father.
KING. Bing, then.
JOHAN. [Putts the bell-rope outside the Hanseatic office] The bell does not ring.
KING. Knock.
JOHAN. [Rapping on the door] Nobody seems to answer.
KING. [Seating himself on the bench outside] I must get hold of Herman Israel this very evening—I must!
JOHAN. You are worried, father?
KING. I am certainly not at ease. [Pause.
JOHAN. Money cares again?
KING. Oh, don't talk of it!—Knock again.