Henschel.

MRS. HENSCHEL

Oh, never mind. We all has to die! D'you hear how it ticks? Do you? What
is that? 'Tis the deathwatch that ticks. [_She falls back._] One ... two
... one ...--Oh, what a girl, what a girl!

_KARLCHEN, released from her grasp, withdraws timidly toward the
door. When his hand is on the knob of the glass door a sudden terror
overtakes him. He tears the door open and slams it behind him with
such force that the panes rattle. Immediately thereupon a vigorous
cracking of whips is heard without. Hearing this noise MRS. HENSCHEL
starts up violently._

MRS. HENSCHEL

That's father comin'!

HENSCHEL

[_Out in the hallway and yet unseen._] Doctor, what are we goin' to do
with the beast?

[_He and the veterinarian are visible through the doorway._

GRUNERT

He won't let you come near him. We'll have to put the twitch on him, I
think.