Do you feel sleepy, von Stein?
VON STEIN
I don't feel sleepy, but I feel like smoking.
RITZAU
A bad habit! But you may smoke near the window.
STEIN
But what if he should come in? Thank you, von Ritzau. What a stifling night! Not a breath of pure air enters the lungs. The air is poisoned with the smell of smoke. We must invent something against this obnoxious odor. Take it up, Ritzau.
RITZAU
I am not an inventor. First of all it is necessary to wring out the air as they wring the clothes they wash, and dry it in the sun. It is so moist, I feel as though I were diving in it. Do you know whether he is in a good mood today?
STEIN