Is it possible, or could I have just imagined? Have my children by any chance been climbing trees today?
Yes, Captain.
I see. And where, may I ask, did they get these, uhm, these...
Playclothes.
Oh, is that what you call them?
I made them, from the drapes that used to hang in my bedroom...They still had plenty of wear left. The children have been everywhere in them.
Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?!
Umm, hmm, and having a marvelous time.
They have uniforms.
Straitjackets, if you'll forgive me.
I will not forgive you for that.
Children cannot do all the things they're supposed to do if they have to worry about spoiling their precious clothes they wear....Well, they wouldn't dare. They love you too much. They fear you too much.
I don't wish you to discuss my children in this manner.
Well, you've got to hear it from someone. You're never home long enough to know them.
I said I don't want to hear any more from you about my children.
I know you don't, but you've got to! Oh please, Captain, love them, love them all.
Enough!.
But I'm not finished!
[after listening to his children sing, and joining in]
You've brought music back into the house? Fraulein, I want you to stay. I ask you to stay.
