LEONTINE
That thing was the Missis' spine supporter.
MRS. FIELITZ
She was a poor, wretched crittur: strappin' herself an' tyin' herself an'
squeezin' herself, an' yet she couldn't get rid o' her hump.
LEONTINE
Well, why did she have to be so vain!
MRS. FIELITZ
Don't grudge her her rest. She's deserved it.
LEONTINE
They says that her ghost keeps rappin' up in the top attic where
Langheinrich sleeps.
MRS. FIELITZ
Let her be! Let her be! Don't talk no more. Maybe he was a bit rough with
her for all she brought money to him. She had to sew an' sew an' earn
money.... No wonder she can't find no rest.
LEONTINE
Why did she have to go an' marry Langheinrich?
MRS. FIELITZ
Let them old stories be! I don't like to hear about 'em. My head's full
enough o' trouble without 'em. I don't know what's wrong with me anyhow.
A body sees ghosts enough now an' then without thinkin' o' the past.
LEONTINE
I must say, though, that if he's unfaithful to me that way....
MRS. FIELITZ
Langheinrich? Let him go an' be. When it comes to that, there ain't no
man that's any good. If there was to be a single one whom you could go
an' depend on when it comes to that--it'd be somethin' new to me.
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