you be careful out among them english.
who was that man?
is the english dead?
looks dead.
stoltzfus is coming.
that has no place in this house.
didn't you hear stoltzfus? what if he dies? then the sheriff will come. they'll say we broke their laws –
rachel, this is a man's life, we hold it in our hands.
as you see fit, stoltzfus.
the gun – that gun of the hand – is for the taking of human life. would you kill another man? eh?
what you take into your hands, you take into your heart.
only a bad man. i see. and you know these bad men on sight? you are able to look into their hearts and see this badness?
and having seen, you would become one of them? don't you see? the hand leads the arm leads the shoulder leads the head.  leads the heart. the one goes into the other into the other into the other.  and you have changed, and gone amongst them.
"wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the lord!"
"and touch not the unclean thing!"
hurry up now, john book!
if you are well enough to do that thing, you can do work for me.
maybe milking.
cows. you know, cows?
good, you start tomorrow.
veck oufl. time for milking.
good, firm twist and pull, eh? right. now you try it.
didn't you hear me, book? pull! you never had your hands on a teat before?
have to teach you mules, too, i guess.
eat up, book. what's the matter with your appetite?
not used to hard work. that's what makes an appetite.
eh? well then, maybe he can go to zook's barn-raising, eh? see how good a carpenter.
rachel!
what is this? this myusick?
how can this be? how can you do such a thing? is this plain? is this the ordnung?
eh? nothing? rachel, you bring this man to our house. with his gun of the hand. you bring fear to this house. fear of english with guns coming after. you bring blood and whispers of more blood. now english music.  and you are dancing to english music! and you call this nothing?
no sin? maybe. not yet. but, rachel, it does not look.  don't you know there has been talk? talk about you, not him. talk about going to the bishop. about having you.  shunned!
do not make light of it, rachel. they can do it.  quick! like that! and then.  then i can not sit at table with you. i can not take a thing from your hand. i.  i can not go with you to meeting! rachel, good rachel, you must not go too far! dear child!
you are acting like one!
no! they will be the judge of that! and so will i.  if you shame me!
wait here 'til i find a gang you can work with.
i have nothing to say to you. get out of my house!
john book!
praise gott!
no, rachel.
it is not our way!
so.  will you kill us all, then?
you be careful, john book! out among them english!