Doctor, you just got
to the point where I am exactly an' I didn't have to move from this
spot.--Well, I guess your old mother, she'll be glad. She's gettin' along
all right. Doin' reel well. I always looked in a bit now an' then,
helpin' to see that things was all right.
DR. BOXER
And that was very good in you, Langheinrich.
LANGHEINRICH
Naw! Pshaw! I ain't sayin' it on that account. By the way, though, before
I forget. I got a little account standin' with your good mother--for
taffeta an' silk an' needles an' thread. Some cloth, too. My wife used
'em sewing. I'll straighten that up very soon.
DR. BOXER
[_Deprecatingly._] Never mind. That matter will be arranged.
LANGHEINRICH
Ede!
EDE
All right?
LANGHEINRICH
Hurry along now! [_He takes up a heavy hammer._] If I don't go right on
workin' I'll end by bustin' out o' my skin.
_EDE approaches with a white hot piece of iron in the tongs and holds
it on the anvil._
LANGHEINRICH
Now we're goin' to start, Doctor! Down on it! Hit it now! [_He and DR.
BOXER beat the iron, keeping time with each other._] Well, you see! It's
got to go evenly. Doctor! Then I tell you the work's smooth as butter.
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