FOURTH WOMAN
Alone. They are asleep. Is it true that Monsieur Pierre was killed? I've heard about it.
HENRIETTA
Agitated.
Just imagine! I don't know! I simply cannot understand what is going on! You see, there is no one in the house now, and we are afraid to sleep there—
SECOND WOMAN
The three of us sleep here, in the gatekeeper's house.
HENRIETTA
I am afraid to look into that house even in the daytime—the house is so large and so empty! And there are no men there, not a soul—
FOURTH WOMAN