She speaks loudly, as if to reassure herself.
Old Caspiar suddenly jumps up.
"You're mad, Terèse. Vous êtes folle! You can't even see to read the newspapers, You!"
He takes the gun from her!
She begins to cry now.
"I shall go and call the others," she says, weeping.
"Be quiet," he says crossly. "You'll frighten the beast away if you make a noise like that!"
He crosses the room and peers out again!
"It's eating something!" he says. "Mon Dieu! It's got Chou-chou."
Chou-chou is—was rather, the Caspiar's pet rabbit.