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! KLEINMICHEL. He will wait, neighbor. PIEPENBRINK. Well, I should strongly advise him to do so. Hey! Waiter, waiter! [Illustration: _Permission F. Bruckman, A.-G. Munich_ ON THE TERRACE ADOLF VON MENZEL] MRS. PIEPENBRINK. What poor service one gets in such places! PIEPENBRINK. Waiter! [_Waiter comes._] My name is Piepenbrink. I brought along six bottles of my own wine. The restaurant-keeper has them. I should like them here. [_While the waiter is bringing the bottles and glasses_ BOLZ _and_ KAeMPE _appear. Waiter from time to time in the background._] BOLZ (_aside to_ KAeMPE). Which one is it? KAeMPE. The one with his back to us, the broad-shouldered one. BOLZ. And what kind of a business does he carry on? KAeMPE. Chiefly red wines. BOLZ. Good! (_Aloud._) Waiter, a table and two chairs here! A bottle of red wine! [_Waiter brings what has been ordered to the front, on the left._] MRS. PIEPENBRINK. What are those people doing here? PIEPENBRINK. That is the trouble with such promiscuous assemblies, that one never can be alone. KLEINMICHEL. They seem respectable gentlemen; I think I have seen one of them before. PIEPENBRINK (_decisively_). Respectable or not, they are in our way. KLEINMICHEL. Yes, to be sure, so they are. BOLZ (_seating himself with_ KAeMPE). Here, my friend, we can sit quietly before a bottle of red wine. I hardly dare to pour it out, for the wine at such restaurants is nearly always abominable. What sort of stuff do you suppose this will be? PIEPENBRINK (_irritated_). Indeed? Just listen to that! KAeMPE. Let's try it. [_Pours out; in a low voice._] There is a double P. on the seal; that might mean Piepenbrink. PIEPENBRINK. Well, I am curious to know what these greenhorns will have to say against the wine. MRS. PIEPENBRINK. Be quiet, Philip, they can hear you over there. BOLZ (_in a low tone_). I'm sure you are right. The restaurant takes its wine from him. That's his very reason for coming. PIEPENBRINK. They don't seem to be thirsty; they are not drinking. BOLZ (_tastes it; aloud_). Not bad! PIEPENBRINK (_ironically_). Indeed? BOLZ (_takes another sip_). A good, pure wine. PIEPENBRINK (_relieved_). The fellow's judgment is not so bad. BOLZ. But it does not compare with a similar wine that I recently drank at a friend's house. PIEPENBRINK. Indeed? BOLZ. I learned then that there is only one man in town from whom a sensible w
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