Pinac

"What's the matter?" asked Pinac, who could not understand German, but who knew something was wrong, and wanted to show Poons that he knew the ropes in the States.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

Pinac to hand him up a cloak, which was lying on a chair, and which he thought was his own.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

Pinac and Fico looked at each other in astonishment.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

And Pinac, the gentleman who occupied the other back room next to that of Fico?

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

"He is an early bird," commented Pinac, and he went out humming the latest music-hall ditty which he was playing nightly to the patrons of the _café_.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

"Why, it is Schwarz! how do you do, Mr. Schwarz?" said Pinac, coming forward and shaking hands with him, and he then introduced him to Von

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

This secret was originally Miss Husted's, but after she had begged Pinac to tell Poons not to behave like a moon-calf, had asked Fico to prevent the young German from sighing audibly whenever he saw Jenny, and had finally told Von Barwig she wouldn't keep Poons in the house at any price, everybody in the house began to suspect something.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

"You are in trouble, Anton," said Pinac, taking Von Barwig's hand.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

"It's such an awful day," said Pinac as he looked out of the window.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891

As for Pinac and Fico, they were too full of their own affairs to notice anything unless it was brought directly to their attention, and as Von Barwig made it a rule never to burden other people with his troubles they were in blissful ignorance of his mental perturbation.

The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891