MRS. WOLFF
Oh, no. Don't take to thinkin' that way. We ain't goin' to make that kind
of a start--not we. [_JULIUS comes into the room growling._] There, take,
the hammer! Here's your nails! Now hurry an' get it done.
JULIUS
You're a bit off' your head.
MRS. WOLFF
[_Calling out after him._] When Wulkow comes what d'you want me to ask?
JULIUS
About twelve shillin's sure.
[_Exit._
MRS. WOLFF
[_Contemptuously._] Aw, twelve shillin's. [_A pause._] Now you just hurry
so that papa gets his supper.
[_A brief pause._
ADELAIDE
[_Looking at the stag._] What's that anyhow, mama?
MRS. WOLFF
A stork.
[_Both girls laugh._
ADELAIDE
A stork, eh? A stork ain't got horns. I know what that is--that's a stag!
MRS. WOLFF
Well, if you know why d'you go an' ask?
LEONTINE
Did papa shoot it, mama?
MRS. WOLFF
That's right! Go and scream it through the village: Papa's shot a stag!
ADELAIDE
I'll take mighty good care not to. That'd mean the cop!
LEONTINE
Aw, I ain't scared o' policeman Schulz. He chucked me under the chin
onct.
MRS. WOLFF
He c'n come anyhow. We ain't doin' nothin' wrong. If a stag's full o'
lead and lays there dyin' an' nobody finds it, what happens? The ravens
eat it.
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