They are coming by the walk that leads to the door.
[The old man goes away. Martha and Mary are seated on the bench, with their backs turned to the windows. Murmurs in the crowd.]
THE STRANGER.
S—t!… Do not speak.
[The elder of the two sisters rises and goes to bolt the door….]
MARTHA.
She opens it?
THE STRANGER.
On the contrary, she is shutting it. [A silence.