[Shaking his head.] I can't say that I recall at this moment.
HENSCHEL
Didn't I have to go an' promise my wife …
SIEBENHAAR.
———?—Oh, yes!!—You mean the girl—Hanne?—
[Pause.]
HENSCHEL
I been thinkin' an' thinkin'. There's no use in denyin' it. When I wakes up during the night, I can't sleep for a couple o' hours sometimes. I got to be thinkin' of it all the time. I can't get over it any way!—The girl's a good girl. She's a bit young for an old fellow like me, but she c'n work enough for four men. An' she's taken very kindly to Gustel; no mother could do more'n she. An' the girl's got a head on her, that's sure, better'n mine. She c'n do sums better'n I can. She might go an' be a calculator. She knows a bit o' business to the last farthing, even if six weeks have come an' gone since. I believe she could make a fool o' two lawyers.
SIEBENHAAR
Well, if you're so thoroughly convinced of all that …!