MATS. Why "O"?
KERSTI. Stop the wheel at least.
MATS. Well, if you can't get along with the wheel, then....
KERSTI. [Opening a trap-door in the floor] What's down here?
MATS. The river.
KERSTI. Please stop that wheel!
MATS. [Labours with the lever, but is unable to stop the wheel] Well! There must be mischief abroad!—It won't stop!
KERSTI. I shall die here!
MATS. I must go outside to stop it! There is mischief abroad, I tell you!
KERSTI. And at home?