But they don't generally make such an awful row.
WIEGAND
It's may be because of the two hundred new weavers that he's going to take on.
MRS. WELZEL
[At her ironing.] Yes, yes, that'll be it. If he wants two hundred, six hundred's sure to have come. There's no lack of them.
WIEGAND
No, they'll last. There's no fear of their dying out, let them be ever so badly off. They bring more children into the world than we know what to do with. [The strains of the funeral hymn are suddenly heard more distinctly.] There's a funeral to-day too. Weaver Nentwich is dead, you know.
WELZEL
He's been long enough about it. He's been goin' about like a livin' ghost this many a long day.