BLUMENBERG.
The one I set for them in our paper. [Turning upon SCHMOCK who is standing in the doorway.] Why do you stand here, Schmock? Can't you wait at the gate?
SCHMOCK.
I went where you did. Why should I not stand here? I know the Colonel as well as you do.
BLUMENBERG.
Don't be forward and don't be impudent. Go and wait at the gate, and when I bring you the article, quickly run with it to the press—understand?
SCHMOCK.
How can I help understanding when you croak like a raven?
[EXIT.]
[Illustration: Permission F Bruckmann, A -G, Munich
AT THE CONCERT ADOLPH VON MENZEL.]