HENRICH. Your servant, Master Antonius. Whom do you want to see?
ANTONIUS. I wanted to talk with Master Herman, if he was alone.
HENRICH. Oh, yes, certainly he is alone. He is at his reading.
ANTONIUS. Then he is more God-fearing than I am.
HENRICH. If an ordinance were issued decreeing that the Herculus should count as a book of sermons, I believe he could qualify as a preacher.
ANTONIUS. Then has he time to spare from his work for reading such books as that?
HENRICH. You must realize that the master has two professions: he is both tinker and politician.
ANTONIUS. The two don't seem to go together very well.
HENRICH. The same idea has occurred to us. For when he does a piece of work, which is rarely, there is such a political look to the job that we have to do it all over again. But if you want to talk to him, go right into the sitting-room.
ANTONIUS. I have an important errand, Henrich, for between you and me, I want to ask him for his daughter, whom I've been engaged to for a long time.