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Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

"The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I"


ADELAIDE
Papa always speaks so uneducated!
MRS. WOLFF
Well, he didn't learn to have no education. An' that'd be just the same
thing with you if I hadn't brought you up to be educated. [_Holding a
saucepan over the oven: to LEONTINE:_] Come now, put it in! [_LEONTINE
places the pieces of washed venison into the sauce-pan._] So, now go to
bed.
LEONTINE
[_Goes into the next room. While she is still visible, she says:_] Oh,
mama, Motes has moved away from Krueger.
MRS. WOLFF
I guess he didn't pay no rent.
LEONTINE
It was just like pullin' a tooth every time, Mr. Krueger says, but he
paid. Anyhow, he says, he had to kick him out. He's such a lyin'
loudmouthed fellow, and always so high and mighty toward Mr. Krueger.
MRS. WOLFF
If I had been in Mr. Krueger's place I wouldn't ha' kept him that long.
LEONTINE
Because Mr. Krueger used to be a carpenter onct, that's why Motes always
acts so contemptuous. And then, too, he quarrelled with Dr. Fleischer.
MRS. WOLFF
Well, anybody that'll quarrel with _him_...! I ain't sayin' anythin', but
them people wouldn't harm a fly!
LEONTINE
They won't let him come to the Fleischers no more.
MRS.


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