MRS. WOLFF
That girl has always been a willin' girl. If she'd ever refused to lend a
hand....
KRUEGER
She simply refused to carry in the wood!
MRS. WOLFF
Yes, drag in wood! At half past ten at night! People who asks such a
thing of a child like that--
WEHRHAHN
The essential thing, however, Mrs. Wolff, is this: the wood was left out
over night and has been stolen. And so....
KRUEGER
[_Losing self-control._] You will replace that wood, Mrs. Wolff.
WEHRHAHN
All that remains to be seen, if you will wait.
KRUEGER
You will indemnify me for that wood to the last farthing!
MRS. WOLFF
An' is that so? That'd be a new way o' doin' things! Did I, maybe, go an'
steal your wood?
WEHRHAHN
You had better let the man calm down, Mrs. Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF
No, when Mr. Krueger comes round me with things like that, payin' for
wood and such like, he ain't goin' to have no luck. I always been
friendly with them people--that's sure. Nobody can't complain o' nothin'
'sfar 's I'm concerned. But if things gets to this point, then I'd rather
up and says my say just exactly how I feel, you know. I do my dooty and
that's enough. There ain't nobody in the whole village what c'n say
anythin' against me.
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