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WEHRHAHN
You may do about that exactly as you please. [_He arises and takes from a case in the wall the package brought by MRS. WOLFF._] Let us finally dispose of this matter, then. [_To MRS. WOLFF._] Where did you find this thing?
MRS. WOLFF
It ain't me that found it at all.
WEHRHAHN
Well, who did find it?
MRS. WOLFF
My youngest daughter.
WEHRHAHN
Well, why didn't you bring her with you then?
MRS. WOLFF
She was here, all right, your honour. An' then, I c'n go over an' fetch her in a minute.
WEHRHAHN
That would only serve to delay the whole business again. Didn't the girl tell you anything about it?
KRUEGER
You said it was found on the way to the railway station.
WEHRHAHN
In that case the thief is probably in Berlin, That won't make our search any easier.
KRUEGER
I don't believe that at all, your honour, Mr. Fleischer seems to me to have an entirely correct opinion. The whole business with the package is a trick meant to mislead us.
MRS. WOLFF
Well, well. That's mighty possible.
WEHRHAHN
Now, Mrs. Wolff, you're not so stupid as a rule. Things that are stolen here go in to Berlin. That fur coat was sold in Berlin before we even knew that it was stolen.
MRS. WOLFF
No, your honour, I can't help it, but I ain't quite, not quite of the same opinion. If the thief is in Berlin, why, I ax, does he have to go an' lose a package like that?
WEHRHAHN
Such things are not always lost intentionally.
MRS. WOLFF
Just look at that there package. It's all packed up so nice--the vest, the key, an' the bit o' paper ...
KRUEGER
I believe the thief to be in this very place.
MRS. WOLFF
[_Confirming him._] Well, you see, Mr. Krueger.
KRUEGER
I firmly believe it.
WEHRHAHN
Sorry, but I do not incline to that opinion. My experience is far too long ...
KRUEGER
What? A long experience? H-m!
WEHRHAHN
Certainly. And on the basis of that experience I know that the chance of the coat being here need scarcely be taken into account.
MRS. WOLFF
Well, well, we shouldn't go an' deny things that way, your honour.
KRUEGER
[_Referring to FLEISCHER._] And then he saw the boatman ...
WEHRHAHN
Don't bother me with that story. I'd have to go searching people's houses every day with twenty constables and policemen, I'd have to search every house in the village.
MRS. WOLFF
Then you better go an' start with my house, your honour.
