KAHL
[To MRS. SPILLER.] A man that don't want nothin' has had enough.
[MRS. SPILLER nods resignedly.
HOFFMANN
Anyhow, if you let a man have his will what more can you do for him. But
I can tell you this much: without a glass of wine at dinner …
LOTH
And a glass of beer at breakfast …
HOFFMANN
Very well; why not? A glass of beer is a very healthy thing.