The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Volume I - Gerhart Hauptmann

None at all. I have no request to make. I am here in order to demand what is my right.

Your right? Ah, what is that, exactly?

My good right. I have been robbed and it is my right that the local authorities aid me in recovering my stolen possessions.

Have you been refused such assistance?

Certainly not. And that is not possible. Nevertheless, it is quite clear that nothing is being done. The whole affair is making no progress.