Whom do you consider capable of the
crime in question? Who could possibly have stolen the wood?
MRS. WOLFF
I can't tell you nothin' about that, your honour.
WEHRHAHN
And nothing suspicious came to your attention?
MRS. WOLFF
I wasn't even at home last night. I had to go over to Treptow to buy
geese.
WEHRHAHN
At what time was that?
MRS. WOLFF
A little after ten. Mitteldorf, he was there when we started.
WEHRHAHN
And no team carrying wood met you?
MRS. WOLFF
No, nothin' like that.
WEHRHAHN
How about you, Mitteldorf, did you notice nothing?
MITTELDORF
[_After some thought._] No, I didn't notice nothin' suspicious.
WEHRHAHN
Of course not, I might have known that. [_To KRUEGER._] Well, where did
you buy the wood?
KRUEGER
Why do you have to know that?
WEHRHAHN
You will kindly leave that to me.
KRUEGER
I naturally bought the wood from the department of forestry.
WEHRHAHN
Why naturally? I don't see that at all. There are, for instance, private
wood yards. Personally I buy my wood from Sandberg. Why shouldn't you buy
yours from a dealer? One really almost gets a better bargain.
KRUEGER
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