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I won't have no daughter of mine abused.
KRUEGER
Who has been abusing your daughter, I'd like to know!
MRS. WOLFF
[_To WEHRHAHN._] The girl came back to me no better'n a skeleton.
KRUEGER
Then let her not spend all her nights dancing.
MRS. WOLFF
She sleeps like the dead all day.
WEHRHAHN
[_Past MRS. WOLFF to KRUEGER._] By the way, where did you buy the wood in question?
MRS. WOLFF
Is this thing goin' to last much longer?
WEHRHAHN
Why, Mrs. Wolff?
MRS. WOLFF
Why, on account o' the was.h.i.+n'. If I wastes my time standin' round here, I can't get done.
WEHRHAHN
We can't take that into consideration here, Mrs. Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF
An' your wife? What's she goin' to say? You c'n go an' settle it with her, your honour.
WEHRHAHN
It will only last another minute, anyhow.--You tell us frankly, Mrs.
Wolff--you know the whole village. Whom do you consider capable of the crime in question? Who could possibly have stolen the wood?
MRS. WOLFF
I can't tell you nothin' about that, your honour.
WEHRHAHN
And nothing suspicious came to your attention?
MRS. WOLFF
I wasn't even at home last night. I had to go over to Treptow to buy geese.
WEHRHAHN
At what time was that?
MRS. WOLFF
A little after ten. Mitteldorf, he was there when we started.
WEHRHAHN
And no team carrying wood met you?
MRS. WOLFF
No, nothin' like that.
WEHRHAHN
How about you, Mitteldorf, did you notice nothing?
MITTELDORF
[_After some thought._] No, I didn't notice nothin' suspicious.
WEHRHAHN
Of course not, I might have known that. [_To KRUEGER._] Well, where did you buy the wood?
KRUEGER
Why do you have to know that?
WEHRHAHN
You will kindly leave that to me.
KRUEGER
I naturally bought the wood from the department of forestry.
