[To LOTH.] Help yourself, old fellow, won't you? Oysters?
LOTH
I'll try them. They're the first I've ever eaten.
MRS. KRAUSE
[Has just sucked down an oyster noisily.] This season, you mean.
LOTH
No, I mean at all.
[MRS. KRAUSE and MRS. SPILLER exchange a look.
HOFFMANN
[To KAHL, who is squeezing a lemon with his teeth.] Haven't seen you for two days, Mr. Kahl. Have you been busy shooting mice?