Naw! Pshaw! I ain't sayin' it on that account. By the way, though, before I forget. I got a little account standin' with your good mother—for taffeta an' silk an' needles an' thread. Some cloth, too. My wife used 'em sewing. I'll straighten that up very soon.
DR. BOXER
[Deprecatingly.] Never mind. That matter will be arranged.
LANGHEINRICH
Ede!
EDE
All right?
LANGHEINRICH
Hurry along now! [He takes up a heavy hammer.] If I don't go right on workin' I'll end by bustin' out o' my skin.
EDE approaches with a white hot piece of iron in the tongs and holds it on the anvil.