In this short scene, we learn that the boss of the theater is the acting manager of the apartment where the play is taking place. The scene opens in the same way as in the previous scenes: the boss asks the audience to meet him. He asks them to squeeze him, and then he asks if they can squeeze him to meet the manager. The audience is surprised to find out that the manager is actually the boss. The boss asks if he can squeeze his way into the apartment, and the audience is shocked to learn that he is not the boss, but rather the manager's neighbor. The acting manager, however, is not so surprised. He is the boss's assistant, and he has been acting in the theater for a long time. He knows that the people in the audience will laugh at him when he laughs, but he does not want them to laugh when he does so. He wants them to do so until he has a chance to choose the person he will help.