FLEISCHER
But then he hasn't exactly a beaver coat.
WEHRHAHN
You were not in a position to discover that.
KRUEGER
What? Has this man a beaver coat?
WULKOW
There's many of 'em, I c'n tell you, as has the finest beaver coats. An' why not? We makes enough.
WEHRHAHN
[Filled with a sense of triumph but pretending indifference.] Exactly. [Lightly.] Now, please go on, Mr. Krueger. That was only a little side-play. I simply wanted to make clear to you the value of that so-called "observation."—You see now that this man himself owns a fur coat. [More violently.] Would it therefore occur to us in our wildest moments to assert that he has stolen the coat? That would simply be an absurdity.