Bos.
[Ringing impatiently.] Quick! Connect me with the Burgomaster! Yes! This damn bother while I’m busy. Up to my ears in—[Sweetly.] Are you there? My little wife asks——
Mathilde.
If Mevrouw will come to the telephone about the circular.
Bos.
[Irritably.] Yes! yes! Not so long drawn—[Sweetly.] If Mevrouw will come to the telephone a moment? Just so, Burgomaster,—the ladies—hahaha! That’s a good one. [Curtly.] Now? What do you want to say? Cut it short. [To Mathilde.]
Mathilde.
Here, read this circular out loud. Then it can go to the printers.
Bos.
[Angrily.] That whole sheet! Are you crazy? Do you think I haven’t anything on my mind! That damned——