LEUTNER.
Nothing at all, it is entirely superfluous; only to introduce some new nonsense. The theme of the cat is now lost entirely and there is no fixed point of view at all.
SCHLOSS.
I feel exactly as though I were intoxicated.
MÜLLER.
I say, in what period is the play supposed to be taking place?
The hussars, of course, are a recent invention.
SCHLOSS.
We simply shouldn't bear it, but stamp hard. Now we haven't the faintest idea of what the play is coming to.
FISCHER.
And no love, either! Nothing in it for the heart, for the imagination.