STRÜBEL. Good day, everybody.
FRAU LINDEMANN. [Sarcastically.] Charming day.
STRÜBEL. [Surprised at her coolness.] I say! What's up? Who's been rubbing you the wrong way? May I have a glass of beer, anyway? Glass of beer, if you please! Several glasses of beer, if you please. [Sits down.] Pestiferously hot this afternoon.
FRAU LINDEMANN. [After a pause.] H'm, H'm.
STRÜBEL. Landlady Linda, dear, why so quiet to-day?
FRAU LINDEMANN. In the first place, Herr Strübel, I would have you know that my name is Frau Lindemann.
STRÜBEL. Just so.
FRAU LINDEMANN. And, secondly, if you don't stop your familiarity——
STRÜBEL. [Singing, as Rosa brings him a glass of beer.] "Beer—beer!"—Heavens and earth, how hot it is! [Drinks.
FRAU LINDEMANN. If you find it so hot, why don't you stay quietly down there at the Springs?