And they are flying and they are hurling bombs from airships—terrible bombs, which destroy entire cities!
HENRIETTA
My God! What have they done with the sky! Before this You were alone in the sky, and now those base Prussians are there too!
SECOND WOMAN
Before this, when my soul wanted rest and joy I looked at the sky, but now there is no place where a poor soul can find rest and joy!
FOURTH WOMAN
They have taken everything away from our Belgium—even the sky! I wish I could die at once! There is no air to breathe now!
Suddenly frightened.
Listen! Don't you think that now my husband, my husband—
HENRIETTA