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Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

"The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I"


ADELAIDE
I'll go for that when we get home.
MRS. WOLFF
Do's I tell you an' don't answer back.
ADELAIDE
Aw, I ain't no baby no more.
[_Exit._
MRS. WOLFF
[_Eagerly._] An' so you lay there by the locks?
WULKOW
Two whole days, as I been tellin' you.
MRS. WOLFF
Well, you ain't much good for this kind o' thing. You're a fine feller to
go an' put on that coat in bright daylight!
WULKOW
Put it on? Me?
MRS. WOLFF
Yes, you put it on, an' in bright daylight, so's the whole place c'n know
straight off what a fine fur coat you got.
WULKOW
Aw, that was 'way out in the middle o' the--
MRS. WOLFF
It was a quarter of a hour from our house. My girl saw you sittin' there.
She had to go an' row Dr. Fleischer out an' he went an' had his suspicion
that minute.
WULKOW
I don't know nothin' about that. That ain't none o' my business.
[_Some one is heard approaching._
MRS. WOLFF
Sh! You want to be on the lookout now, that's all.
GLASENAPP
[_Enters hurriedly with an attempt to imitate the manner of the justice.
He asks WULKOW condescendingly:_] What business have you?
WEHRHAHN
[_Still without._] What do you want, girl? You're looking for me? Come
in, then.


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