I know him to be an excellent physician.
MRS. SCHULZE
[_Interrupting._] Sure, sure, an' that's true. 'Course he's capable.
That's right, an' so he is. But, you see, he just won't prescribe nothin'
...
DR. BOXER
What should he prescribe? Let the people save their money.
MRS. SCHULZE
But that's just what people don't want to do. It's like this: medicine's
got to be. If there ain't none they says: how c'n the doctor help us?
DR. BOXER
Mrs. Langheinrich never was strong. Even years ago when she used to sew
for us ...
MRS. SCHULZE
That's the way it is. She's a little bit humpbacked; that's right. That's
the way women is, though, Doctor! A seamstress--that's what she was...!
She sewed an' she sewed and saved up a little money...! An' what kind of
a bargain is it she's got now. A handsome feller an' sickness an' worry
an' no rest no more by day or night.
_LANGHEINRICH returns from the house._
LANGHEINRICH
[_Tapping MRS. SCHULZE'S shoulder somewhat roughly._] Hurry now! Go on
up! It's all arranged an' settled. To-morrow I'm goin' to take her to the
clinic.
MRS. SCHULZE
That ain't goin' to be no easy work!
LANGHEINRICH
[_Lifts a great can of water to his mouth.
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