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You're just sayin' that!
ROSE
Because 'tis really so!
_MARTHEL comes in from the fields with bare arms and feet._
ROSE
An' there's Marthel, too!
MARTHEL
Rose, is that you? Where have you been all day?
ROSE
I dreamed I was at the court.
KLEINERT
No, no; she was really at the court! Take a bit o' care o' your sister, Marthel. Look after her at least till your fatter comes back. 'Tisn't well with the girl.
ROSE
Marthel, hurry! Light the fire, so's we can start to put on the potatoes.--Where's father?
MARTHEL
On August's land.
ROSE
An' August?
MARTHEL
I don't know where he is. He was out on the field to-day.
ROSE
Have you got new potatoes?
MARTHEL
I have an ap.r.o.n full!
[_Immediately behind the kitchen door she pours out the potatoes on the floor._
ROSE
Fetch me a pan and a saucepan, so's I can begin the peelin'. I can't get nothin' for myself.
KLEINERT
D'you want me to be givin' a message anywhere?
ROSE
To whom? To the grave-digger, maybe?... No, no, G.o.dfather, not on my account. 'Tis a special bit o' ground where I'll find rest.
KLEINERT
Well, good-bye!
ROSE
Good-bye to you!
MARTHEL
[_Cheerily._] Come again, G.o.dfather!
_KLEINERT as usual with his pipe in his mouth, departs shaking his head._
MARTHEL
[_Lighting the fire._] Don't you feel well, Rosie?
ROSE
Oh, yes; well enough! [_Softly wringing her hands, she speaks to the crucifix._] Jesus, Mary, have mercy on me!
MARTHEL
Rose!
ROSE
What?
MARTHEL
What's the matter with you?
ROSE
Nothin'. Bring me a pan an' the potatoes.
