He's writin' pages an' pages! An' them must be important things, I c'n tell you that. [_Confidentially._] An' lemme tell you: there's somethin' in the air.--I ain't sayin' I know exactly what. But there's somethin'--I know that as sure 's ... You just look out, that's all, and you'll live to see it. It's goin' to come down--somethin'--and when it do--look out. That's all I say. No, I don't pretend to understand them things. It's all new doin's to me. That's what they calls modern. An' I don't know nothin' about that. But somethin's got to happen. Things can't go on this way. The whole place is got to be cleaned out. I can't say 's I gets the hang of it. I'm too old. But talk about the justice what died. Why, he wan't nothin' but a dam' fool to this one. I could go an' tell you all kinds o' things, but I ain't got no time. The baron'll be missin' me. [_He goes but, having arrived at the door, he turns back._] The lightenin' is goin' to strike, Mrs. Wolff. Take my word for that! MRS. WOLFF I guess a screw's come loose somewhere with him. [_Pause._ ADELAIDE What's that I gotta say? I forgot. MRS. WOLFF What did you say to Mr. Krueger? ADELAIDE Why, I said that I found this here package. MRS. WOLFF Well, you don't need to say nothin' but that here neither. Only say it right out strong an' sure. You ain't such a mouse other times. WULKOW [_Comes in._] I wish you a good morning. MRS. WOLFF [_Stares at WULKOW. She is speechless for a moment. Then:_] No, Wulkow, I guess you lost _your_ mind! What are you doin' here? WULKOW Well, my wife, she has a baby ... MRS. WOLFF What's that she's got? WULKOW A little girl. So I gotta go to the public registry an' make the announcement. MRS. WOLFF I thought you'd be out on the canal by this time. WULKOW An' I wouldn't mind it one little bit if I was! An' so I _would_ be, if it depended on me. Didn't I go an' starts out the very minute? But when I come to the locks there wasn't no gettin' farther. I waited an' waited for the Spree to open up. Two days an' nights I lay there till this thing with my wife came along. There wasn't no use howlin' then. I had to come back. MRS. WOLFF So your boat is down by the bridge again? WULKOW That's where it is. I ain't got no other place, has I? MRS. WOLFF Well, don't come to me, if ... WULKOW I hope they ain't caught on to nothin', at least. MRS. WOLFF Go to the shop an' get three cents' worth o' thread. ADELAIDE I'll go for that when we get home. MRS. WOLFF Do's I tell you an' don't answer back. ADELAIDE Aw, I ain't no baby no more. [_Exit._ MRS. WOLFF [_Eagerly._] An' so you lay there by the locks? WULKOW Two whole days, as I been tellin' you. MRS. WOLFF Well, you ain't much good for this kind o' thing. You're a fine feller to go an' put on that coat in bright daylight! WULKOW Put it on? Me? MRS. WOLFF Yes, you put it on, an' in bright daylight, so's the whole place c'n know straight off what a fine fur coat you got.