None at all. I have no request to make. I am here in order to demand what is my right. WEHRHAHN Your right? Ah, what is that, exactly? KRUEGER My good right. I have been robbed and it is my right that the local authorities aid me in recovering my stolen possessions. WEHRHAHN Have you been refused such assistance? KRUEGER Certainly not. And that is not possible. Nevertheless, it is quite clear that nothing is being done. The whole affair is making no progress. WEHRHAHN You imagine that things like that can be done in a day or two. KRUEGER I don't imagine anything, your honour. I have very definite proofs. You are taking no interest in my affairs. WEHRHAHN I could interrupt you at this very point. It lies entirely beyond the duties of my office to listen to imputations of that nature. For the present, however, you may continue. KRUEGER You could not interrupt me at all. As a citizen of the Prussian state I have my rights. And even if you interrupt me here, there are other places where I could make my complaint. I repeat that you are not showing any interest in my affair. WEHRHAHN [_Apparently calm._] Suppose you prove that. KRUEGER [_Pointing to MRS. WOLFF and her daughter._] This woman here came to you. Her daughter made a find. She didn't shirk the way, your honour, although she is a poor woman. You turned her off once before and she came back to-day ... MRS. WOLFF But his honour didn't have no time, you know. WEHRHAHN Go on, please! KRUEGER I will. I'm not through yet by any means. What did you say to the woman? You said to her quite simply that you had no time for the matter in question. You did not even question her daughter. You don't know the slightest circumstance: you don't know anything about the entire occurrence. WEHRHAHN I will have to ask you to moderate yourself a little. KRUEGER My expressions are moderate; they are extremely moderate. I am far too moderate, your honour. My entire character is far too full of moderation. If it were not, what do you think I would say? What kind of an investigation is this? This gentleman here, Dr. Fleischer, came to you to report an observation which he has made. A boatman wears a beaver coat ... WEHRHAHN [_Raising his hand._] Just wait a moment. [_To WULKOW._] You are a boatman, aren't you? WULKOW I been out on the river for thirty years. WEHRHAHN Are you nervous? You seem to twitch. WULKOW I reely did have a little scare. That's a fac'. WEHRHAHN Do the boatmen on the Spree frequently wear fur coats? WULKOW A good many of 'em has fur coats. That's right enough. WEHRHAHN This gentleman saw a boatman who stood on his deck wearing a fur coat. WULKOW There ain't nothin' suspicious about that, your honour. There's many as has fine coats. I got one myself, in fac'. WEHRHAHN You observe: the man himself owns a fur coat. FLEISCHER But then he hasn't exactly a beaver coat. WEHRHAHN You were not in a position to discover that. KRUEGER