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HELEN
I saw something like that once. And oh, it was frightful, frightful!
LOTH
What was that?
HELEN
The son of a workingman was carried in here half-dead. It's about--three
years ago.
LOTH
Had he been injured?
HELEN
Yes, over there in the Bear shaft.
LOTH
So it was a miner?
HELEN
Oh, yes. Most of the young men around here go to work in the mines.
Another son of the same man was also a trammer and also met with an
accident.
LOTH
And were they both killed?
HELEN
Yes, both ... Once the lift broke; the other time it was fire damp.--Old
Beipst has yet a third son and he has gone down to the mine too since
last Easter.
LOTH
Is it possible? And doesn't the father object?
HELEN
No, not at all. Only he is even more morose than he used to be. Haven't
you seen him yet?
LOTH
How could I?
HELEN
Why, he sat near here this morning, under the gateway.
LOTH
Oh! So he works on the farm here?
HELEN
He has been with us for years.
LOTH
Does he limp?
HELEN
Yes, quite badly, indeed.
LOTH
Ah--ha! And what was it that happened to his leg?
HELEN
That's a delicate subject. You have met Mr. Kahl?.


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