WIESENER.
Did you hear that? He is going to run through fire. Ah, fine, here we get the scene from the Magic Flute too, with the fire and the water!
NEIGHBOR.
But cats do not go into the water.
WIESENER.
Why so much the greater is the cat's love for his master, you see; that's just what the author wants to make us understand.
HINZE.
Now what would you like to become in the world, anyhow?
GOTTLIEB.
Oh, I don't know, myself.