NÖJD. Who knows?
CAPTAIN. What's that? Don't you know?
NÖJD. Why no—that is, you can never be sure.
CAPTAIN. Weren't you the only one?
NÖJD. Yes, that time, but you can't be sure for all that.
CAPTAIN. Are you trying to put the blame on Ludwig? Is that what you are up to?
NÖJD. Well, you see it isn't easy to know who is to blame.
CAPTAIN. Yes, but you told Emma you would marry her.
NÖJD. Oh, a fellow's always got to say that—
CAPTAIN [to Pastor.] This is terrible, isn't it?