God protect you from what's happened to me…. You'd better be wishin' yourself an early death! Because, even if a body dies to this world, they do say that he passes into rest. Then you don't have to live an' draw breath no more.—How did it go with little Kurt Flamm? I've clean forgot … I'm dizzy … I'm forgettin' … I've forgotten everythin' … life's that hard … If I could only keep on feelin' this way … an' never wake up again …! What's the reason o' such things comin' to pass in this world?
MARTHEL
[Frightened.] If only father would come home!
ROSE
Martha, come! Listen to me! You mustn't tell father that I was here or that I am here … Martha, sure you'll promise me that, won't you?… Many a thing I've done for the love o' you … Martha! You haven't forgotten that, nor you mustn't forget it, even if things grows dark around me now.
MARTHEL
Will you drink a bit of coffee? There's a drop left in the oven.
ROSE
An' don't be frightened! I'll go upstairs in the room an' lie down a wee bit … just a bit. Otherwise I'm all right … otherwise there's nothin' that ails me.