KRUEGER
Up to the present time the girl has not come back.
WEHRHAHN
Then suppose we call in Mrs. Wolff herself. Mitteldorf! You act as though you were very tired. Well, go across the yard. Mrs. Wolff is to come to me at once. I beg you to be seated, Mr. Krueger.
KRUEGER
[Sitting down and sighing.] O Lord! O Lord! What a life!
WEHRHAHN
[Softly to GLASENAPP and MOTES.] I'm rather curious to see what will develop. There's something more than meets the eye in all this. I think a great deal of Mrs. Wolff. The woman works enough for four men. My wife assures me that if Wolff doesn't come she has to hire two women in her place.—Her opinions aren't half bad either.
MOTES
She wants her daughters to go on the operatic stage….