Féliat [to Guéret] Well?
Guéret. They wouldn't listen.
Féliat. I was afraid they wouldn't. [To Thérèse] That's not all. Your godfather has been trying something else, and I understand he's not succeeded. I shall have to take the mending away from your workshop.
Thérèse. The women won't agree to that.
Guéret. Perhaps that would be the best solution of the difficulty.
Thérèse [startled] Don't say that. You can't mean it. Think!
Guéret. What's more, the men refuse to finish the work the women have begun.
Thérèse. We'll finish it.
Guéret. Then they'll strike.
Thérèse. Let them strike. Monsieur Féliat, you can fight now and get terms for yourself. Just at this moment we have only one very urgent order. If the men strike, I can find you women to replace them. Every day I am refusing people who want to be taken on.