MARIE

[With grave concern.] Mister Liliom——

LILIOM

Don’t you pity me or I’ll give you a slap in the jaw. [To JULIE.] And don’t you pity me, either.

JULIE

[In alarm.] I don’t pity you, Mister Liliom.

LILIOM

You’re a liar, you are pitying me. I can see it in your face. You’re thinking, now that Madame Muskat has thrown him out, Liliom will have to go begging. Huh! Look at me. I’m big enough to get along without a Madame Muskat. I have been thrown out of better jobs than hers.

JULIE

What will you do now, Mister Liliom?