I'm goin' my way! Good-bye! I'm a good feller! Good-bye, father Bernd! Good-bye, August! Good-bye, Rosie! [_To AUGUST._] What's wrong?--August, don't be showin' off. 'Tis all well! I'm willin'! You'll not see me again! But you--you've got reason enough to be grateful to me. You've always been an underhanded kind o' crittur! But I've given my consent to let things be! I've given my consent an' everything can go smoothly. [_STRECKMANN goes._ ROSE [_With violent energy._] Let him talk, August; pay no attention to him. KLEINERT Flamm is comin'! [_He looks at his watch._] 'Tis over half an hour! [_The whistle of the engine is heard._ HAHN [_During the general stir._] Forward, Prussians! It's misery whistlin' for us! _The workingmen and the maids disappear swiftly with their scythes. ROSE, OLD BERND and AUGUST remain alone on the scene._ BERND All the evil on earth seems broken loose here' What's all that Streckmann is sayin'? Tell me, Rose, do you understand it? ROSE No, an' I've got better things to be thinkin' of! [_She gives AUGUST a friendly nudge on the head._] Isn't it so, August? We have no time for nonsense! We have to hurry these comin' six weeks. [_She gathers up the remnants of the meal in her basket._ AUGUST Come over to us a bit later. ROSE I must wash and iron and sew buttonholes. 'Tis almost time now. BERND We'll be comin' to our supper after seven. [_Exit._ AUGUST [_Before he goes, earnestly:_] Do you care for me, Rosie? ROSE Yes, I do care for you. _AUGUST disappears and ROSE is left alone. The hum of the threshing machine is heard as well as the muttering of thunder on the horizon. After ROSE has replaced bread, butter, the coffee pots and cups into her basket, she straightens herself up and seems to become aware of something in the distance which attracts her and holds her captive. With sudden, determination, she snatches up the head kerchief that has fallen to the ground and hurries off. Before she has disappeared from view, however, FLAMM becomes visible on the scene and calls to her._ FLAMM Rose! Wait there! Confound it all! [_Rose stands still with her face turned away._] You are to give me a drink! I suppose I'm worth a draught of water. ROSE There's plenty of water here. FLAMM