What?
LILIOM
Outside . . . like the rattle of swords. [FICSUR listens. After a pause, LILIOM continues.] What do I say to him?
FICSUR
You say good evening to him and: “Excuse me, sir; can you tell me the time?”
LILIOM
And then what?
FICSUR
By that time I’ll have stuck him—and then you take your knife—— [He stops as a POLICEMAN enters at back.]