SCHULZE
It's ... it's ... it's ... over at ...
LANGHEINRICH
Anything about the missis?
MRS. SCHULZE
No, at Fielitzes'.
LANGHEINRICH
Is that so? Nothin' about my wife? Well, then,--[_he shakes her_]--just
stop to get your breath. Things is as they is. I'm prepared for
anythin'--life an' death. I gotta stand it.
MRS. SCHULZE
The engine!
LANGHEINRICH
What kind o' talk is that? Anythin' wrong with you?
MRS. SCHULZE
No; it's burnin'!
LANGHEINRICH
Go an' blow it out then!--Where is it burnin'!
MRS. SCHULZE
At the Fielitzes'!
LANGHEINRICH
Good Lord! That ain't possible!
[_He drops the iron file and some nails which he has been holding._
EDE
Where's the fire?
MRS. SCHULZE
At Fielitzes'; the flame is comin' out o' the skylight.
DR. BOXER
[_Has stepped forward._] Confound it all, but it's smoky! Come here! You
can see it well from here.
EDE
[_Also stares in the direction of the fire. His expression shows that a
complete understanding of the situation has come to him, which he
expresses by a conscious whistling._] There ain't no words for this; I
just gotta whistle.
LANGHEINRICH
Ede! Run over to Scheibler's! Run! Get the horses for the engine! That
smoke's comin' up thick over the gable.
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