KERSTI. Who is that?
MATS. If you know, why don't you tell?
KERSTI. Because I want you to tell.
MATS. It's the midwife. Was that what you said?
KERSTI. I said nothing, but you did—and, as you know, I do what you say.
MATS. I have my doubts.
KERSTI. But what you said I have done already. The baby can't stay in the woods. It must have shelter when the nights grow cold. And if anything should happen, then comes—the Sheriff!
MATS. The Sheriff, you say? Yes, so he does!
KERSTI. [Leaping to her feet] Is he coming, you say?
MATS. Yes, if something should happen.... Well, where's the midwife to be found?