Yes, yes! Pfeifer! Tell him there's a weaver here for him to starve.

[Laughter.

JAEGER

If we can't lay hands on that brute Dreissiger himself … we'll make him poor!

BAUMERT

As poor as a church mouse … we'll see to that!

[All, bent on the work of destruction, rush towards the drawing-room door.

BECKER

[Who is leading, turns round and stops the others.] Halt! Listen to me! This is nothing but a beginnin'. When we're done here, we'll go straight to Bielau, to Dittrich's, where the steam power-looms is. The whole mischief's done by them factories.

OLD ANSORGE