HOURTIN. I was going to see my brother at Châteaudun and thought that I would visit the town on the way.
BRIGNAC. And see our famous cave—these prehistoric remains?
HOURTIN. Anthropology interests me.
BRIGNAC. A thoroughly genuine discovery, too.
HOURTIN. Oh yes, there is no doubt.
LUCIE. I saw a photograph of some of the remains. It was horrible.
HOURTIN. Don’t say that!
LUCIE. I dreamed of it all night. Were they really human beings?
HOURTIN. The remains are undoubtedly those of a household of the stone age. The man’s skeleton is intact, the woman’s skull is fractured.
LUCIE. Poor woman! By a falling rock?