No, you can be reel quiet about that, Mrs. Flamm. I'm not that desperate yet. If there's need, I can work for my child. Heaven's high an' the world is wide! If it was just me, an' if it wasn't for father an' if August didn't seem so pitiful … an' then, a child ought to have a father!
MRS. FLAMM
Good. You just be resolute. You were always a brave girl. An' 'tis better if you can keep your courage up!—But, if I've understood you rightly, I can't see at all why you want to fight against the weddin'.
ROSE
[Becomes sullen, pale and fearful.] What can I say? I don't hardly know! An' I don't want to fight against it no more. Only … Streckmann….
MRS. FLAMM
Be open with me, you understand? For my part you can go home now! But come back to-morrow! An' listen to this thing I say: Be glad! A woman ought to be glad of her child….
ROSE
An' God knows that I am! An' I will fight it all through! Only—nobody can't help me to do it!
[Exit quickly.