Schnell. Sauerkraut oont weinerwurst.
Land. Any call?
Schnell. Ya, by de Cherman saloons.
Land. I mean shall I call you in the morning?
Schnell. Yoost leaf me alone till I shleeps out. (Exit Landlord R.)
Schnell. (Taking off shoes.) Dot man was a goot shleeper, alretty. I hope he ton’t shnore sometimes. Dot man shleep like one little papy. (Takes off coat, feels bed.) Dunder! dot pett vas warm alretty. Dere moost pe a furnace oonter dot pett. (Looks, feels.) I feels vint. Dot was strange, der room colt, mit vint plowin, oont der pett varm. Dere vas no planket py dot pett. Gott in himmel! vy vas dot pet varm! meppe dot wasn’t a mystery. I yoost shleep in my clodings, I take no shances mit dot preeze plowin. (Gets in bed.) Ach, I forcot to put dot candle out. I plieve I can reach him. (Reaches out toward candle in chair and losing balance falls out of bed with a crash, extinguishing candle and overturning chair.)
Leggatt. (Starting.) What’s that? Where’s my pistol?
Schnell. Gott in himmel, ton’t shoot.
Leggatt. (Crossly.) Well, what ails you now?
Schnell. Nodings. I yoost fell out py de pett.