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[_Kissing HELEN._] But then, they are, dear.
HELEN
But suppose they were not--?
_MRS. KRAUSE pushes open a window in the house and calls out into the yard._
MRS. KRAUSE
Hey! Girls! Gi--rls!
LIESE
[_From within the cow-shed._] Yes, Missis?
MRS. KRAUSE
Run to Mueller's! It's startin'!
LIESE
What! To the midwife, ye mean?
MRS. KRAUSE
Are ye standin' on your ear?
[_She slams the window._
_LIESE runs out of the cow-shed with a little shawl over her head and then out of the yard._
MRS. SPILLER
[_Calls._] Miss Helen! Oh, Miss Helen!
HELEN
What do you suppose is--?
MRS. SPILLER
[_Approaching the arbour._] Miss Helen!
HELEN
Oh, I know. It's my sister who--You must go, 'round that way!
[_LOTH withdraws rapidly by the right foreground. HELEN steps out from the arbour._
MRS. SPILLER
Oh, Miss, there you are at last!
HELEN
What is it?
MRS. SPILLER
Ah--m--your sister.
[_She whispers into HELEN'S ear._
HELEN
My brother-in-law ordered that the doctor be sent for at any sign of--
MRS. SPILLER
Oh--m--dear Miss Helen--m--she doesn't really want a doctor. These doctors--m--oh, these doctors--m--with G.o.d's help ...
_MIELE comes from the house._
HELEN
Miele, go at once for Dr. Schimmelpfennig!
MRS. KRAUSE
[_From the window, arrogantly._] Miele! You come up here!
HELEN
[_In a tone of command._] Miele, you go for the doctor! [_MIELE withdraws into the house._] Well, then I must go myself ...
[_She goes into the house and comes back out at once carrying her straw hat._
MRS. SPILLER
It'll go wrong--m--If you call the doctor, dear Miss Helen,--m--it will surely go wrong!
_HELEN pa.s.ses her by. MRS. SPILLER withdraws into the house, shaking her head. As HELEN turns at the driveway KAHL is standing at the boundary fence._
KAHL
[_Calls out to HELEN._] What's the matter over at your place?
_HELEN does not stop, nor does she deign to notice or answer KAHL._
