With all respect: no, sir.
SCHWARTZENHOPFEL
Then you’re discharged.
TROMPER (thunderstruck)
Have you gone crazy, Mr. Magnus? Discharged? After twenty-five years’service? After saving you hundreds of thousands of dollars?
MRS. FELIX (putting her hand on his shoulder)
John, that’s petty! That’s small, John. I never knew you to be petty or small before.
SCHWARTZENHOPFEL (to Mrs. Felix)
Wait! (To Tromper) Saving? How?
TROMPER (stuttering)