MÜLLER.
Do tell us, will you, what sort of play we're having tonight?
[The music begins.]
LEUTNER.
So late already? Why, I've come in the nick of time. About the play? I have just been speaking with the author; he is at the theatre and helping dress the tom-cat.
MANY VOICES.
Is helping?—The author?—The cat? So a cat will appear, after all?
LEUTNER.
Yes, indeed, why his name is even on the bill.