"Yes, yes, they're coming, right enough!..."
Marthe went out on the terrace. A swarm of soldiers came running up the staircase.
She saw Philippe in a corner. He was speaking to the men:
"Are they coming?"
"Yes."
"Have they crossed the frontier?"
"No, not yet."
He turned to his wife and said to her, as a piece of good news:
"They have not crossed the frontier yet."
And he went to meet another group of soldiers.