[_Tears his hat from his head._] You stay right here! What d'you want to run off for? D'you think I got to be scared o' Henschel. He's got to come to my terms. I don't has to think about him. If you'd come yesterday!--I told you ...! Then nobody wouldn't ha' interrupted us, no Henschel an' no Siebenhaar. To-day the devil's broke loose! _The horse dealer WALTHER enters--a handsome, vigorous fellow of forty. Bashly cap, fur jacket, hunting stockings and tall boots; his mits are fastened by cords._ WALTHER Missis, your husband is outside in the yard. I'm just comin' in for a minute to bid you good evenin'. I got to ride off again straight way. He's bought some fine Flemish horses. An' he's brought along something else, for you too. MRS. HENSCHEL I thought he wouldn't be comin' back till Monday. WALTHER An' that's the way it would ha' been. But we couldn't ride on horseback no farther'n Kanth. There we had to take the train with the horses or they'd ha' broken their necks an' their limbs. Travellin' was that bad on account o' the sleet. GEORGE You makes better time with the train--that's certain! WALTHER What kind of a feller is that there? Why, you're tryin' to be invisible, eh? Well, if that isn't little George--I do believe! Why, you looks like a natural born baron! GEORGE A man earns more over there in the "Star" hotel. I has a much more profitable position. Here I had to work till my clothes dropped from me in rags. I was most naked in the end; now I'm beginnin' to buy somethin' again. WALTHER Now guess, missis, what your husband has brought home for you! MRS. HENSCHEL Well, what is it? WALTHER I wager you'll be mighty glad of that present! MRS. HENSCHEL We'll see. It depends on what it is. WALTHER Good luck to you then. I got to hurry or my wife'll get ugly. MRS. HENSCHEL Good luck to you. GEORGE I might as well come along. Good night, Mrs. Henschel. MRS. HENSCHEL Didn't you want to see Henschel about somethin'? GEORGE There's plenty o' time for that. There's no hurry. WALTHER If you got somethin' to say to him you'd better wait till to-morrow. He's got different kinds o' things in his mind to-day. D'you know what he's bringin' you, missis? MRS. HENSCHEL What should he be bringin' me? Don't talk so much nonsense. WALTHER Why, he's bringin' you your daughter! MRS. HENSCHEL --What's that he's bringin'? I didn't hear right! WALTHER We was in Quolsdorf and fetched her. MRS. HENSCHEL You're drunk, the two o' ye, eh? WALTHER No, no, I'm tellin' you the truth. MRS. HENSCHEL Who did you get? WALTHER He didn't tell me nothin' about it. All of a sudden we was in the pub at Quolsdorf an' sat down there. MRS. HENSCHEL Well, an' what then? WALTHER We was sittin' there an' then, after a little while, your father came in with the bit of a girl. MRS. HENSCHEL 'Tis no girl o' mine! WALTHER