GUY. They trouble me until they've learnt who's master. After that, there'll be no trouble.
(Enter Ruth, excitedly, leaving door open behind her.)
RUTH. Guy! The men. Don't you hear them?
GUY. Men! Where?
RUTH. They're in the hall.
(Enter Henri, Joseph, Matthew and Martin.)
HENRI. No, Madame Barlow, we are no longer in the hall. We are here.
EPHRAIM (on his feet). What's the meaning of this?
JOE (insolently). Meaning, Mr. Barlow? The meaning is, you'll either listen to us here and now or you'll have your factory fired. You can take your choice.
GUY. Fire then, and be damned to you.