HELEN steps out
from the arbour._
MRS. SPILLER
Oh, Miss, there you are at last!
HELEN
What is it?
MRS. SPILLER
Ah--m--your sister.
[_She whispers into HELEN'S ear._
HELEN
My brother-in-law ordered that the doctor be sent for at any sign of--
MRS. SPILLER
Oh--m--dear Miss Helen--m--she doesn't really want a doctor. These
doctors--m--oh, these doctors--m--with God's help ...
_MIELE comes from the house._
HELEN
Miele, go at once for Dr. Schimmelpfennig!
MRS. KRAUSE
[_From the window, arrogantly._] Miele! You come up here!
HELEN
[_In a tone of command._] Miele, you go for the doctor! [_MIELE withdraws
into the house._] Well, then I must go myself ...
[_She goes into the house and comes back out at once carrying her
straw hat._
MRS. SPILLER
It'll go wrong--m--If you call the doctor, dear Miss Helen,--m--it will
surely go wrong!
_HELEN passes her by. MRS. SPILLER withdraws into the house, shaking
her head. As HELEN turns at the driveway KAHL is standing at the
boundary fence._
KAHL
[_Calls out to HELEN._] What's the matter over at your place?
_HELEN does not stop, nor does she deign to notice or answer KAHL.
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