[She winds the clock.]
HENSCHEL
Who's windin' the clock?
MRS. HENSCHEL
You're to keep still now. If Berthel was to wake up it'd be a fine to do. She'd howl for half an hour. [She sits down at the table and leans both elbows upon it.] 'Twould be best if a body got up an' went away,
SIEBENHAAR peers in.
SIEBENHAAR I'm lookin' in once more. Is your husband calmer now?
MRS. HENSCHEL
Yes, yes, he lay down to sleep. [She calls.] Husband! Wilhelm!