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I can't say more!
HELEN
And I'm very strong and healthy, too ...
LOTH
Tell me, are your parents in good health?
HELEN
Indeed they are. That is, mother died in childbirth. But father is still
well; in fact he must have a very strong constitution. But ...
LOTH
Well, you see. Everything is ...
HELEN
But if my parents were not strong--;
LOTH
[_Kissing HELEN._] But then, they are, dear.
HELEN
But suppose they were not--?
_MRS. KRAUSE pushes open a window in the house and calls out into the
yard._
MRS. KRAUSE
Hey! Girls! Gi--rls!
LIESE
[_From within the cow-shed._] Yes, Missis?
MRS. KRAUSE
Run to Mueller's! It's startin'!
LIESE
What! To the midwife, ye mean?
MRS. KRAUSE
Are ye standin' on your ear?
[_She slams the window._
_LIESE runs out of the cow-shed with a little shawl over her head and
then out of the yard._
MRS. SPILLER
[_Calls._] Miss Helen! Oh, Miss Helen!
HELEN
What do you suppose is--?
MRS. SPILLER
[_Approaching the arbour._] Miss Helen!
HELEN
Oh, I know. It's my sister who--You must go, 'round that way!
[_LOTH withdraws rapidly by the right foreground.


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