Naturally and as much as possible. What else is there to do here?
LOTH
You might have let some one hear from you!
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
I beg your pardon. But if I had been heard from, I would have heard from you fellows—and I absolutely didn't want to hear. Nothingnothing. That would simply have kept me from exploiting my diggings here.
The two men walk slowly up and down the room.
LOTH
I see. But then you mustn't be surprised to hear that … well, they all, without an exception, really gave you up as hopeless.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
That's like them—the scamps! They'll be made to take notice.