As his passport is checked by a British MP, he asks about Lime.He tells the customs official he""s going to stay with a friend at 15 Stiftgasse.The zither music dips, signifying that something is awry concerning the absence of Harry:Lime, Harry Lime.The play reworked the traditional love story material (of lovers that crossed racial/ethnic barriers) and translated it, in a radical, novel and revolutionary style for a musical, to include racial strife between rival New York street gangs (newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families), juvenile delinquency and inner-city problems of the mid-twentieth century - in exhilarating musical and dance form.He irresponsibly answered: "These hings happen." She was adamant that she wasn""t going to bail him out this time: "I want you outta here...I don""t want you here....I""m not taking care of either of you this time....You screwed me up in Vegas so I couldn""t get a job." [Dave had probably followed her o Vegas from Canada and earlier ruined her chances due to his sour reputation and drug-dealing.Freder first speaks to his father""s assistant Josaphat (Theodor Loos) about his witnessing of the machine explosion, intent on telling his engrossed father about it.