But she will not sleep long now, unless she is going into her last sleep.
LA BABIN
Oh, there is no chance of that. That is enough to give one the horrors. Fancy losing one's life for a child!
MME. FLACHE
But how can you prevent it? Death is as necessary as birth, or the world would become too small for us all.
LA BABIN [sits R. of table]
All people ought to die in the same way and at the same age—every one of us; then one would know what to expect.
MME. FLACHE [pours out some tea]
What simple ideas you have, Madame Babin! Personally, I would rather not know the hour of my death. I would sooner finish my life while sleeping in the middle of the night—during slumber—without suffering—by a sudden failure of the heart.
LA BABIN