The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Content Warning: This section contains a reference to death by suicide.

Dogsborough explains to his son why he regrets buying their large house in the country. He assures himself that neither accepting the dockyard shares nor helping to secure the loan for the Trust were crimes, but buying the house first was “an error […] or could be perceived that way” (22). He fears that they have been caught in a trap by the Trust; a public inquiry is being held into the dockland deal and the money is already gone without any of the construction work having begun. Dogsborough, just like the other members of the Trust, spent the loan money on other things. Dogsborough hopes that no one knows that he was involved in the dockyard deal.

A servant announces that Butcher is calling on the telephone. Dogsborough sends his son to deal with the call, wondering what Butcher could want. When his son returns with news that city hall has voted to investigate the dockyard scheme, Dogsborough feels faint. Butcher wants to come over, Young Dogsborough says. 

Dogsborough does not want to see Butcher, but the servant interrupts to announce that Ui is here to see Dogsborough, supposedly sent by Clark.