And that is all?

Frau Bergmann.

As true as God helps me!——Take your basket now and go to Ina. You will get chocolate and cakes there.——Come, let's look you over, the laced shoes, the silk gloves, the sailor blouse, the rose in your hair—your dress is really becoming much too short for you, Wendla!

Wendla.

Did you get meat for lunch, Mother?

Frau Bergmann.

The Good God protect and bless you——I will find an opportunity to add a handbreadth of flounces to the bottom.

SCENE THIRD.

Hans Rilow.

(With a light in his hand, fastens the door behind him and opens the lid.)