Every bit of it, I c'n tell you. Well, Adelaide! You was here. We could
hardly lift it up.
ADELAIDE
[_Who had not been present at all._] I pretty near sprained myself
liftin' it.
WULKOW
Thirteen shillin's will pay for it, then. An' I won't be makin' ten pence
on that bargain!
MRS. WOLFF
[_Acts amazed. She busies herself at the oven as though she had forgotten
WULKOW'S presence. Then, as though suddenly becoming aware of it again,
she says:_] I wish you a very pleasant trip.
WULKOW
Well. I can't give more than thirteen!
MRS. WOLFF
That's right. Let it alone.
WULKOW
I'm just buyin' it for the sake o' your custom. God strike me dead, but
it's as true as I'm standin' here. I don't make _that_ much with the
whole business. An' even if I was wantin' to say: fourteen, I'd be
puttin' up money, I'd be out one shillin'. But I ain't goin' to let that
stand between us. Just so you see my good intentions, I'll say
fourteen....
I can't give no more. I'm tellin' you facts.
MRS. WOLFF
That's all right! That's all right! We c'n get rid o' this stag. We won't
have to keep it till morning.
WULKOW
Yes, if only nobody don't see it hangin' here.
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