Kurt: And during dessert always blow your nose.

　　Gretl: Don't believe a word they say, Fraulein Maria.

　　M: Why not?

　　Gretl: Because I like you.

　　Frau Schmidt: All right now, children! Outside for your walk. Father's orders. Now, hurry up! Hurry up! Quick, Quick... Fraulein Maria, I'm Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper.

　　M: How do you do!

　　Frau Schmidt: How do you do! I'll show you to your room. Follow me.

　　(On the way to her room, Maria feels something strange in her pocket. It is a toad. She cries out and throws it away. The children watch this and leave in laughter. Later the dinner is served, Maria is late.)

　　M: Good evening. Good evening, children.

　　Children: Good evening, Frauen Maria.

　　(Without noticing a pinecone on her chair, Maria sits on it, jumps up with pain and immediately.)

　　M: Ha Ha.

　　C: Enchanting little tune. Something you learned at the abbey?

　　M: No, erm... it's eh... rheumatism. (Sits down again) Excuse me, Captain, haven't we forgotten to thank the Lord? For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen.

　　C: Amen.

　　M: I'd like to thank each and every one of you for the precious gift you left in my pocket earlier today.

　　C: Erm... What gift?

　　M: It's meant to be a secret Captain, between the children and me.

　　C: Aha. Then I suggest that you keep it and let us eat.

　　M: Knowing how nervous I must have been. A stranger in the new household. Knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted. It was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and pleasant.

　　(Marta crying.)

　　C: What Is the matter, Marta?

　　Marta: Nothing.

　　(The children burst into tears one by one)

　　C: Frauen, is it to be at every meal or merely a dinnertime that you intend to lead us all to this rare and wonderful new world of indigestion?