Is it true that François has gone to shoot the Prussians? I have heard about it.
HENRIETTA
Maybe. Everybody is talking about it, but we don't know. He disappeared quietly, like a mouse.
FOURTH WOMAN
He will be hanged—the Prussians hang such people!
HENRIETTA
Wait, wait! Today, while I was in the garden, I heard the telephone ringing in the house; it was ringing for a long time. I was frightened, but I went in after all—and, just think of it! Some one said: "Monsieur Pierre was killed!"
SECOND WOMAN
And nothing more?
HENRIETTA