[General laughter.
MRS. FIELITZ
He's got one o' his jokin' spells again. I won't have to go an' twist off a button, I c'n tell you. Things can't get that way with me.—But tell me this: whose turn is it goin' to be now? It's about time for somebody, you know. Somethin's got to burn pretty soon now.
LANGHEINRICH
It could be most anybody. Things is lookin' pretty poor over at Strombergers. The rain's comin' right down into his sittin' room,—Well, good evenin'. A man's got to have his joke.
MRS. FIELITZ
But who's goin' to drink my hot toddy now?
FIELITZ
You stay right where you are!