LUCIE. I will take them with me.

BRIGNAC. And their food?

LUCIE. I will work.

BRIGNAC. Don’t talk nonsense. You couldn’t earn enough to keep them from starving. It’s late: go to bed.

LUCIE [her teeth clenched] And wait for you?

BRIGNAC. And wait for me. Precisely. [He goes out].

LUCIE [rushing to the door on the left] Annette! Oh, Annette! There’s nobody to help us!


ACT III