'A poker in the fire. The interpreter—whether the mother will bear to have it done.'
'Burn, do you mean?'
'It should be burnt.'
'Not by you?'
'Quick! Quick!'
'But will you—could you? No, I say!'
'If there is no one else.'
'You forget your own child.'
'He is near the end of his mother.'
'The doctor will soon arrive.'