You've done somethin' so awful?
AUGUST
You've been guilty o' somethin' so unspeakable?
ROSE faints. The men look upon her confounded and helpless. AUGUST supports her.
THE CONSTABLE
'Twould be best if she came along with me to headquarters. There she can make a voluntary confession. If what she says isn't just fancies, it'll count a good deal in her favour.
AUGUST
[From the depth of a great experience.] Those are no fancies, sergeant. That girl … what she must have suffered!