S … t!… He has not told them yet….
[The mother is seen to question the old man in anguish. He says a few words more; then abruptly all the rest rise too and seem to question him. He makes a slow sign of affirmation with his head.]
THE STRANGER.
He has told them…. He has told them all at once!…
VOICES IN THE CROWD.
He has told them!… He has told them!…
THE STRANGER.
You hear nothing….
[The old man rises too, and, without turning, points with his finger to the door behind him. The mother, the father, and the two young girls throw themselves on this door, which the father cannot at once succeed in opening. The old man tries to prevent the mother from going out.]