Only say it
right out strong an' sure. You ain't such a mouse other times.
WULKOW
[_Comes in._] I wish you a good morning.
MRS. WOLFF
[_Stares at WULKOW. She is speechless for a moment. Then:_] No, Wulkow, I
guess you lost _your_ mind! What are you doin' here?
WULKOW
Well, my wife, she has a baby ...
MRS. WOLFF
What's that she's got?
WULKOW
A little girl. So I gotta go to the public registry an' make the
announcement.
MRS. WOLFF
I thought you'd be out on the canal by this time.
WULKOW
An' I wouldn't mind it one little bit if I was! An' so I _would_ be, if
it depended on me. Didn't I go an' starts out the very minute? But when I
come to the locks there wasn't no gettin' farther. I waited an' waited
for the Spree to open up. Two days an' nights I lay there till this thing
with my wife came along. There wasn't no use howlin' then. I had to come
back.
MRS. WOLFF
So your boat is down by the bridge again?
WULKOW
That's where it is. I ain't got no other place, has I?
MRS. WOLFF
Well, don't come to me, if ...
WULKOW
I hope they ain't caught on to nothin', at least.
MRS. WOLFF
Go to the shop an' get three cents' worth o' thread.
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