LUDMILLA. BIANETTA. Then let's take our places right away. The gentlemen will soon come then. [Pg 32] BIANETTA. [Pg 32] GESCHWITZ. May I ask you to excuse me just a second. I must say a word to my friend. GESCHWITZ. CASTI-PIANI. (Offering his arm to Bianetta.) May I have the honor to be your partner? You always hold such a lucky hand! CASTI-PIANI. LUDMILLA. Now just give me your other arm and then lead us into the gambling-hell. (The three go off so, rear.) LUDMILLA. MAGELONE. Say, Mr. Puntschu, have you still got a few Jungfrau shares for me, maybe? MAGELONE. PUNTSCHU. Jungfrau-shares? (To Heilmann.) The lady means the stock of the funicular railway on the Jungfrau. The Jungfrau, you know,—the Virgin—is a mountain up which they want to build a wire railway. (To Magelone.) You know, just so there may be no confusion;—and how easy that would be in this select circle!—Yes, I still have some four thousand Jungfrau-shares, but I should like to keep those for myself. There won't be such another chance soon of making a little fortune out of hand. PUNTSCHU. HEILMANN. I've only one lone share of this Jungfrau-stock so far. I should like to have more, too. HEILMANN. PUNTSCHU. I'll try, Mr. Heilmann, to look after some for you. But I'll tell you beforehand you'll have to pay drug-store prices for them! PUNTSCHU.
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