I'm damned fond of my dear old woman; that's as true as ..." Rose hides her face in her arm and says: "You make me want to die o' shame."
Flamm complains of his wife: "Nine solid years she's been bedridden; at most she creeps around in a wheel chair.- Confound it all, what good is that sort o' thing to me?"
Father Bernd, a deacon, wishes Rose to marry August Keil, a bookbinder, whose health is weak.
An' that's what I've always told you, Father Bernd, in spite of it all I've taken thought an' I've worked an' God has given his blessin' so that I've not fallen by the wayside.
Mrs Flamm seeks to find out the reason behind Rose's delays, and guesses that she is pregnant.
Having lost a son, Mrs Flamm, alone, exclaims: "Ah, lass, 'tis a good fortune that you have, not an evil!
Finally, Rose decides to marry Keil, with Flamm's baby inside her belly.
Streckmann returns, and Rose accuses him: "I ran to you in the awful terror o' my heart!
Rose failed to contradict Strackmann, for which Mrs. Flamm accuses her: "An' didn't you tell the truth, girl?
When a constable arrives to sign papers related to the court proceedings, Rose confesses to the murder of her baby.
The 1998 version, directed by Valentin Jeker, featured Johanna Wokalek as Rose Bernd.
Wokalek received three newcomer awards and wide critical recognition for her performance in the play.