character cannot change to that extent. I do not believe one word of
what they say!

[_EXIT_.]


SCENE II


_Editorial room of the "Union." Doors in the centre and on both sides.
On the left, in the foreground, a desk with newspapers and documents.
On the right, a similar, smaller table. Chairs._

_Enter_ BOLZ, _through the side door on the right, then_ MILLER
_through the centre door._

BOLZ (_eagerly_).

Miller! Factotum! Where is the mail?

MILLER (_nimbly with a package of letters and newspapers_).

Here is the mail, Mr. Bolz; and here, from the press, is the
proof-sheet of this evening's issue to be corrected.

BOLZ (_at the table on the left quickly opening, looking through, and
marking letters with a pencil_).

I have already corrected the proof, old rascal!