Mrs. Lezinsky [in a hushed voice]. Why do you look at me like that, Solly?
Lezinsky. Blind as I am, I see too much, Gietel.
Mrs. Lezinsky. Listen, Solly—I tell you now—
Lezinsky [silences her with a wave of his hand.] What I get I give—[He takes the five-dollar bill from his pocket, smooths it out and adds it to the roll.] I give my money. I give my eyes ... and this woman—she sells me for a baby-carriage.
Mrs. Lezinsky. No, no, Solly, you shouldn't say such things before you know—
Lezinsky. Silence, woman! How should I not know? It is here in my hand—the five-dollar bill—here in my hand. I have counted the money. Thirty-seven dollars we had. I have given him back his five and thirty-seven dollars remain. How is that, Gietel? What is the answer to that?... She cheats the customer and she cheats me.... Rather should I take my children by the hand and beg my bread from door to door.
Mrs. Lezinsky. Solly—Solly—I tell you—the baby-carriage—
Lezinsky. Out of my sight, woman; I forbid you to come into this shop again.
Mrs. Lezinsky. O, Solly leben, that couldn't be—
Lezinsky. The mother of my children—she sins—for a baby-carriage.