MRS. HASSENREUTER
But if your little boy's no longer alive … how could you …
MRS. JOHN
Aw, when a little child is onct born, it don't matter if it's dead … it's still right inside o' its mother. Did you hear that dawg howlin' behind the board fence? An' the moon had a big ring aroun' it! Bruno, you ain' doin' right!
MRS. HASSENREUTER
[Shaking MRS. JOHN.] Wake up, my good woman! Wake up, Mrs. John! You are ill! Your husband ought to take you to see a physician.
MRS. JOHN
Bruno, you ain' doin' right! [The bells are ringing again.] Ain't them the bells?
MRS. HASSENREUTER
The service is over, Mrs. John.