An' if I was to say: all right, you abuse my children, I'll take your
wood--a nice face you'd make.
JULIUS
I wouldn't do no such thing ... I don't give a--! I c'n do more'n eat,
too. I'd like to see! I wouldn't stand for nothin' like that. Beatin'!
MRS. WOLFF
Well, then, don't talk so much. Go an' get your cord. Show them people
that you got some cuteness! The whole thing will be over in an hour. Then
we c'n go to bed an' it's all right. An' you don't have to go out in the
woods to-morrow. We'll have more fuel than we need.
JULIUS
Well, if it leaks out, it'll be all the same to me.
MRS. WOLFF
There ain't no reason why it should. But don't wake the girls.
MITTELDORF
[_From without._] Mrs. Wolff! Mrs. Wolff! Are you still up?
MRS. WOLFF
Sure, Mitteldorf! Come right in!
[_She opens the door._
MITTELDORF
[_Enters. He has an overcoat over his shabby uniform. His face has a
Mephistophelian cast. His nose betrays an alcoholic colouring. His
demeanour is gentle, almost timid. His speech is slow and dragging and
unaccompanied by any change in expression._] Good evenin', Mrs. Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF
I guess you mean to say: Good night!
MITTELDORF
I was around here once before a while ago.
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