"But, Citizen, I am not going anywhere. I am returning."
"Oh! returning, are you?"
"Yes."
"It is rather a late return for a respectable woman, Citizeness?"
"I am returning from visiting a sick relative."
"Poor little kitten!" said the chief, making a motion with his hand, before which the horrified woman quickly recoiled, "where is your passport?"
"My passport! What is that, Citizen? What do you mean?"
"Have you not read the decree of the Commune?"
"No."
"You have heard it proclaimed, then?"