FIELITZ
It's a fac'! That thing has taken hold o' him like a sickness.
MRS. FIELITZ
Main thing is that you agrees. Don't you?
FIELITZ
Not a bit! I don't agree to nothin'. I been a agent in my time an' took care o' the most complexcated affairs. Yes, an' Wehrhahn patted me on the back an' was mighty jolly 'cause I'd been so sly … No, mother, I ain't so green.—I c'n keep accounts! I knows how to use my pen! I'm more'n half a lawyer! That feller ain't goin' to get the better o' me.
SCHMAROWSKI enters very bustling. He has changed the style of his garments considerably—light Spring overcoat, elegant little hat and cane. He carries a roll of building plans.
SCHMAROWSKI
Mornin', Mrs. Fielitz. How are you now? Did you get over that slight cold?