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It's ... it's ... it's ... over at ...
LANGHEINRICH
Anything about the missis?
MRS. SCHULZE
No, at Fielitzes'.
LANGHEINRICH
Is that so? Nothin' about my wife? Well, then,--[_he shakes her_]--just stop to get your breath. Things is as they is. I'm prepared for anythin'--life an' death. I gotta stand it.
MRS. SCHULZE
The engine!
LANGHEINRICH
What kind o' talk is that? Anythin' wrong with you?
MRS. SCHULZE
No; it's burnin'!
LANGHEINRICH
Go an' blow it out then!--Where is it burnin'!
MRS. SCHULZE
At the Fielitzes'!
LANGHEINRICH
Good Lord! That ain't possible!
[_He drops the iron file and some nails which he has been holding._
EDE
Where's the fire?
MRS. SCHULZE
At Fielitzes'; the flame is comin' out o' the skylight.
DR. BOXER
[_Has stepped forward._] Confound it all, but it's smoky! Come here! You can see it well from here.
EDE
[_Also stares in the direction of the fire. His expression shows that a complete understanding of the situation has come to him, which he expresses by a conscious whistling._] There ain't no words for this; I just gotta whistle.
LANGHEINRICH
Ede! Run over to Scheibler's! Run! Get the horses for the engine! That smoke's comin' up thick over the gable.
[_He rushes into the smithy, throws his ap.r.o.n aside, puts on a fireman's helmet, belt, etc._
MRS. SCHULZE
An' n.o.body at home there, goodness gracious!
DR. BOXER
That's the lucky part of it, after all.
_The roaring of the fire alarm trumpet is heard._
MRS. SCHULZE
You hear, Doctor? They're tootin' already!
LANGHEINRICH
[_Reappears in his fireman's uniform._] You get out o' the way here, old lady. Go an' attend to things upstairs. Nothin' to be done here with a syringe. You go up to my wife. Hold on! We gotta have the key to the engine house. The devil!
_MRS. SCHULZE withdraws into the house. RAUCHHAUPT'S head reappears on the other side of the fence._
RAUCHHAUPT
My, but there's a smell o' burnin' in the air.
LANGHEINRICH
Sure it smells that way. There's a fire at the Fielitzes'.
RAUCHHAUPT
The devil! I didn't know nothin' about that!
LANGHEINRICH
That's all right, old man. Wasn't you a constable onct?
[_He rushes away._
