SIEBENHAAR Everything changes. One must have courage. WERMELSKIRCH Just keep cool and dress warmly--that's it! _SIEBENHAAR and WERMELSKIRCH withdraw. HENSCHEL goes slowly to the door and is about to lock it again._ MRS. HENSCHEL You're to leave that open! HENSCHEL All right; I don't mind.--What are you doin' there? MRS. HENSCHEL [_Who has been bending down before the oven, draws herself up quickly._] I'm makin' a fire. Don't you see that? HENSCHEL [_Sitting down, heavily by the table._] For my part you c'n light the lamp too. [_He pulls out the drawer of the table._ MRS. HENSCHEL What are you lookin' for? HENSCHEL Nothin'. MRS. HENSCHEL Then you c'n push it back in. [_She steps forward and shuts the drawer._] I s'ppose you want to wake Berthel up? [_Pause._] HENSCHEL Monday he's goin'. Then we'll be alone. MRS. HENSCHEL Who's goin' on Monday? HENSCHEL Siebenhaar. The Lord knows how we'll get along with the new owner. MRS. HENSCHEL He's a rich man. He won't borrow money of you at least. HENSCHEL --Hanne, one of us two'll have to go. One of us two. Yes, yes,'tis true. You c'n look at me. That can't be changed. MRS. HENSCHEL I'm to go away? You want to drive me away? HENSCHEL We'll see about that later--_who_ has to go! Maybe 'twill be me, an' maybe 'twill be you. If I was to go ... I know this for sure--you wouldn't be scared about yourself. You're able to look after the business like a man.--But 's I said: it don't matter about me. MRS. HENSCHEL If one of us has to go--I'll go. I'm still strong enough. I'll leave an' nobody needn't see me no more. The horses an' the waggons--they're all yours. You got the business from your father an' you can't go an' leave it. I'll go an' then the trouble'll be over. HENSCHEL 'Tis easy sayin' that. We got to consider one thing at a time. MRS. HENSCHEL There's no use in drawin' it out. What's over and done with is over. HENSCHEL [_Rising heavily and going toward the adjoining room._] An' Berthel? What's to become o' the lass? MRS. HENSCHEL She'll have to go to father, over in Quolsdorf. HENSCHEL [_At the door of the bedroom._] Let it be. To-morrow is another day. Everythin' changes, as Siebenhaar says. To-morrow, maybe, everythin' 'll look different. [_Pause._] HENSCHEL [_Invisible in the next room._] Berthel is sweating all over again. MRS. HENSCHEL That won't do her no harm to be sweatin' a bit. The drops are runnin' down my neck too. Oh, what a life--[_She opens a window._]--a body'd rather be dead. HENSCHEL What are you talkin' about? I don't understand. MRS. HENSCHEL Lie down on your side an' leave me alone. HENSCHEL Are you comin' too? MRS. HENSCHEL It's most day now. [_She winds the clock._] HENSCHEL Who's windin' the clock? MRS. HENSCHEL