Don't bother me! Why are they shouting so loudly? Something has happened there.
The sound of a trumpet is heard in the distance. The shouting of the crowd is growing ever louder. Sounds of the Belgian hymn are heard faintly. Suddenly an ominous silence follows the noise, and then the lone sound of the tolling bells.
MAURICE
Now they are quiet.... What does it mean?
FRANÇOIS
Nonsense, nonsense!
Infuriated.
You are stepping on the flower bed again. Get off! You have all lost your reason! Go, go! The Prussians!...
MAURICE
You have lost your reason!