[Telephone rings; Karl goes to it.
KARL. No, ma'am, we're just going to eat now.
FRITZI. [Sits down beside the table.] Blacky was a nice cat; she purred just like a steam-engine.
KARL. Mama told you not to bring her in.
FRITZI. Papa said I could.
[There is the sound of footfalls. Bauer and his wife come in and close the door behind them.
MRS. BAUER. [Putting the dinner on the table.] Come, children. [To Bauer.] Sit down, Fritz.
[She serves the dinner. Karl pulls Fritzi out of his father's chair and pushes him into his own; then he takes his place next to his mother.
MRS. BAUER. [To Bauer, who sits looking at his food.] Eat somethin', Friedrich.
[She sits down.