Just once more from behind, quietly, almost silently,
Sounds "Bubi and Schatzi," in a heartwarming manner,
And then falls the curtain, and that is the end!
--
Here I stopped. And the whole circle was silent.
And a voice, deeply touched, quietly, almost silently,
Flew thew the room -
"A genius."
Finally, the stunned father broke
the stunned silence
with a thunderous exclamation: - "Good God!
Good God, what a play!
It's an absolutely delightful work!
It's even better than 'Old Heidelberg!'"
And now it came from all sides.
The father said, "you're a giant!"
Then he spoke shrewdly to the publisher:
"That is art, Herr Schmidt, you can't dispute it!"
But the publisher screamed, exasperated, "What?!
You call this art and poetry?!
Oh, no!" he cried, and snatched my notebook,
"This is more than a work of art! This is a business!!
This is a business! This will play
easily on over 300 stages!!
This will bring maybe half a million!!!"
"Great Scott!" yelled the father in a screeching tone,
"You could live like a noble!
I wouldn't even need to pay a dowry!
Is this possible!?!" - However, I responded coolly:
"Don't you think that's going a little far?
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