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“Clara! Something unexpected has happened to me!”

“What has happened to you?”

At this moment the upholsterer stumbles on to the stage with his steps which he places near the window.

“Man! What are you doing here?” the producer asks in a breaking voice.

“I’m putting up the curtains,” answers the upholsterer professionally, crawling up his steps.

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