[Louder applause.]
There! Eleven minutes it has gone on—like for an office-seeker. You must come and show yourself.
DAVID
I won't—I'm not an office-seeker. Leave me to my misery.
MENDEL
Your misery? With all this glory and greatness opening before you? Wait till you're my age——
[Shouts of "Quixano!"]
You hear! What is to be done with them?
DAVID
Send somebody on the platform to remind them this is the interval for refreshments!