[_They hang up the venison on the door._] Now I tell you
for the last time....
LEONTINE
I ain't goin' back to them people, I tell you. I'd jump in the river
first!
MRS. WOLFF
See that you don't catch a cold doin' it.
LEONTINE
I'll jump in the river!
MRS. WOLFF
Go ahead. Let me know about it and I'll give you a shove so you don't
miss it.
LEONTINE
[_Screaming._] Do I have to stand for that, that I gotta drag in two
loads o' wood at night!
MRS. WOLFF
[_In mock astonishment._] Well, now, that's pretty awful, ain't it? You
gotta drag in wood? Such people, I tell you!
LEONTINE
... An' I gets twenty crowns for the whole year. I'm to get my hands
frost-bitten for that, am I? An' not enough potatoes and herring to go
round!
MRS. WOLFF
You needn't go fussin' about that, you silly girl. Here's the key; go,
cut yourself some bread. An' when you've had enough, go your way,
y'understand? The plum butter's in the top cupboard.
LEONTINE
[_Takes a large loaf of bread from a drawer and cuts some slices._] An'
Juste gets forty crowns a year from the Schulze's an'....
MRS. WOLFF
Don't you try to be goin' too fast.--You ain't goin' to stay with them
people always; you ain't hired out to 'em forever.
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