[Exit after Hop.

Case. That boy of yours is surely smart.

Hans. You bane tink so? I bane teach him everyting I know, und he’s still an ignorant fool.

(Song. After song Tony, reading paper, begins to cry.)

Ruff. Every time he hears me sing, he starts crying.

Weber. He ought to put cotton in his ears.

Hans. Vot’s der madder mit you? For vy you make me dose tears in der face?

Tony. Meester (sobbing)—Meester (sobbing) Rockefeller, hee’s dead.

Ruff. What’s dat got to do wif you? You ain’t any relation to him.

Tony. Dat’s-a make-a me cry. (Sobs.)