[LUISE goes off to the washtub, GOTTLIEB to the room on the other side of the passage.
OLD HILSE
Where's the little lass?
LUISE
She's gone to Peterswaldau, to Dreissiger's. She finished all she had to wind last night.
OLD HILSE
[Speaking very loud.] You'd like the wheel now, mother, eh?
MOTHER HILSE
Yes, father, I'm quite ready.