JUHASZ—So ... so ... you take me for an utter idiot!
OSCAR—Please don’t say that ... please!
JUHASZ—You must. To ask me that.
OSCAR—I’ve been everywhere. I’ve been at Laszlo and Barna’s, at
Chellis’s, at Semlinger and Weiss’s, at Stein’s, at Brunner’s, at
Kramer’s, at Gold’s, at Reedo’s, at Kelamen’s ... every shop in town
... and they all know that I am the most competent man in the business
... but they all gave me the cold shoulder ... [_points accusingly at
JUHASZ_] ... on your account!
JUHASZ—On my account? That’s very likely!
OSCAR—It’s true. They all say they won’t have an employe who could abuse
the confidence of a man like you. Yes ... you can stare ... but it’s
true. You are keeping me out of a job.
JUHASZ—_I_ am?
OSCAR—If you were a plain, ordinary man ... like everyone else, nobody
would care what had happened between us....