_] There's gotta be a
draught here an' another here! An' it's all gotta be done just right! An'
then sawdust an' rags here. An' then you go an' pour some kerosene right
in.--There ain't nothin' new in all that. I was out in the world for six
years.
MRS. FIELITZ
Well, exactly. That's what I been sayin'.
FIELITZ
You c'n do that with a sponge an' you c'n do that with a string. All you
gotta do is to steep 'em good an' hard in saltpetre. An' you c'n light
that with burning glasses. It c'n be done twenty steps away!--All that's
been done before now. There ain't nothin' new in all that to me. I know
all about it.
MRS. FIELITZ
An' Grabow's built up again. If he hadn't gone an' taken his courage in
both hands, he'd ha' been in the street long ago.
FIELITZ
That's all right, if a man's in trouble like water up to his neck an' is
goin' to be drowned. Maybe then ...
MRS. FIELITZ
An' there's many as lets the time slip till he is drowned.
[_The doorbell rings._
FIELITZ
Go an' put the box away an' then open the door.
_JUSTICE VON WEHRHAHN enters, wearing a thick overcoat, tall boots
and a fur cap._
WEHRHAHN
Evening, Fielitz! How about those boots?
FIELITZ
They's all right, your honour.
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