That's what all doctors
has advised me to do, because I'm that sensitive. But I ain't been able
to buy me none. Not to this day. An' that's as true as I'm standin' here.
ADELAIDE
[_To her mother._] Did you hear what Leontine said?
WULKOW
But anyhow. Let it go. I'll say sixteen.
MRS. WOLFF
No, it's no good. Eighteen! [_To ADELAIDE._] What's that you was talkin'
about?
ADELAIDE
Mrs. Krueger has bought a fur-coat that cost pretty near a hundred
crowns. It's a beaver coat.
WULKOW
A beaver coat?
MRS. WOLFF
_Who_ bought it?
ADELAIDE
Why, Mrs. Krueger, I tell you, as a Christmas present for Mr. Krueger.
WULKOW
Is that girl in service with the Kruegers?
ADELAIDE
Not me, but my sister, I ain't goin' in service like that at all.
WULKOW
Well now, if I could have somethin' like that! That's the kind o' thing I
been tryin' to get hold of all this time. I'd gladly be givin' sixty
crowns for it. All this money that goes to doctors and druggists, I'd
much rather spend it for furs. I'd get some pleasure out of that at
least.
MRS. WOLFF
All you gotta do is to go there, Wulkow. Maybe Kruger'll make you a
present of the coat.
WULKOW
I don't suppose he'd do it kindly.
Pages:
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338