Gentleman
But people may disturb us here.
He
So much the worse for you. Talk faster! [Silence.]
Gentleman
Will you allow me to sit down?
He
Sit down. Look out! That chair is broken.
[The gentleman, afraid, pushes away the chair and looks helplessly around. Everything here seems to him dangerous and strange. He chooses an apparently solid little gilded divan, and sits down; puts his silk hat aside, slowly takes off his gloves, which stick to his fingers. HE observes him indifferently.]
Gentleman