Say, sixty or seventy crowns. I could raise that, an' I
wouldn't mind investin' it.
MRS. WOLFF
I guess you ain't right in your head...! How should _we_ come by a coat
like that?
A MAN'S VOICE
[_Calls from without._] Mrs. Wolff! Oh, Mrs. Wolff! Are you still up?
MRS. WOLFF
[_Sharing the consternation of the others, rapidly, tensely._] Slip it
in! Slip it in! And get in the other room!
[_She crowds them all into the rear room and locks the door._
A MAN'S VOICE
Mrs. Wolff! Oh, Mrs. Wolff! Have you gone to bed?
_MRS. WOLFF extinguishes the light._
A MAN'S VOICE
Mrs. Wolff! Mrs. Wolff! Are you still up? [_The voice recedes singing:_]
"Morningre-ed, morningre-ed,
Thou wilt shine when I am dea-ead!"
LEONTINE
Aw, that's only old "Morningred," mama!
MRS. WOLFF
[_Listens for a while, opens the door softly and listens again. When she
is satisfied she closes the door and lights the candle. Thereupon she
admits the others again._] 'Twas only the constable Mitteldorf.
WULKOW
The devil, you say. That's nice acquaintances for you to have.
MRS. WOLFF
Go on about your way now! Hurry!
ADELAIDE
Mama, Mino has been barkin'.
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