Liliom
Here's something new! I'm not to put my arm around a girl's waist any more! I suppose I'm to ask your permission before I touch another girl!
Mrs. Muskat
You can touch as many girls as you want and as often as you want—for my part you can go as far as you like with any of them—but not this one—I permit no indecency in my carousel. [There is a long pause.]
Liliom
[To Mrs. Muskat.] And now I'll ask you please to shut your mouth.
Mrs. Muskat
What?
Liliom
Shut your mouth quick, and go back to your carousel.
Mrs. Muskat
What?
Liliom
What did she do to you, anyhow? Tryin' to start a fight with a little pigeon like that . . . just because I touched her?—You come to the carousel as often as you want to, little girl. Come every afternoon, and sit on the panther's back, and if you
