Note de remarkable change in price.
Ruff. You shouldn’t mind dat pessimist, Miss Gotrox; he is always down in de mouth.
Miss G. You shouldn’t be that way. When you feel down in the mouth, think of Jonah; he came out all right.
Case. Miss Gotrox, what do you think Jonah thought when he found himself inside the whale?
Weber (interrupting). I bet he thought he went to sleep inside a foldin’ bed en she closed up.
Tony. ’At’s da madda you? You make-a fuss all-a time. You make-a fuss you no gotta fuss-a fuss about.
Case. That’s what I say, Tony. (To Weber.) How do you think men live in a submarine?
Hans. Yah—dot’s right; yoost tink of all der varter around dem. I bet many of dem dies vrom humidity.
Ruff. (not comprehending). Humidity? Why—er—I thought de papers said it was from dyspepsia.
Miss G. (she had been looking outside). I would like to go down town, but all the cars seem jammed. I wonder what makes them so crowded this evening.