"All we does in life's to go
Up an' down an' to an' fro
From a tap-room to a show!"
MRS. JOHN
Well, an' then?
BRUNO
Then she wanted to get away 'cause Arthur said that her intended had gone off! Then I wanted to go along with her a little bit an' Arthur an' Adolph, they came along. Next we dropped in the ladies' entrance at Kalinich's an' what with tastin' a lot o' toddy an' other liquors she got good an' tipsy. An' then she staid all night with a woman what's Arthur's sweetheart. All next day there was always two or three of us boys after her, didn't let her go, an' played all kinds o' tricks, an' things got jollier an' jollier.
[The church bells of the Sunday morning services begin to ring.
BRUNO
[Goes on.] But the money's gone. I needs crowns an' pennies, Jette.
MRS. JOHN
[Rummaging for money.] How much has you got to have?