word of honor. I'll send you back that money the very first day I get it. Not a day later.
Adele—[Quickly; embarrassed.] I couldn't tell you before. . . . I had hoped you'd understand. I didn't spend the fifty-one thousand kronen myself. . . . I gave them to Oscar.
Oscar—[Quickly.] That is, not for me, but for a little enterprise in Berlin in which I have bought an interest. A little shop of which I—that is, we—are to be one-fourth owners. Steger and Company! Steger—that's Steger. And the Company—that's me. . . . At first I thought of putting up my own name instead of Company, but as long as Adele got the money I decided it would be only fair to say Company, and that includes her too. . . .
Juhasz—She gave the money to you?
Oscar—I didn't want it for myself. My God, I can live on bread and water. But I couldn't ask Adele to share the uncertain existence of a shop clerk. . . . That would have been, if I may say so, unscrupulous of me. I had to provide for her future.
Juhasz—If she gave you the money, it's yours.
Oscar—I considered that I owed it to you to provide for her future decently. You would have every right to despise me if I hadn't.
Juhasz—I must admit . . . you managed things cleverly.
Oscar—[In an injured tone.] What do you mean
