[At the oven.] Oh, let him bark!
[A long-drawn call is heard in the distance. "Ferry over!">[
ADELAIDE
Somebody wants to get across the river, mama!
MRS. WOLFF
Well, go'n tell papa. He's down there by the river.—["Ferry over!">[ An' take him his oars. But he ought to let Wulkow get a bit of a start first.
ADELAIDE goes out with the oars. For a little while MRS. WOLFF is alone. She marks energetically. Then ADELAIDE returns.
ADELAIDE
Papa's got his oars down in the boat.