BÉQUART. Are you making fun of us?
JULIE. No, no, I know them very well: I've seen them. Only, I can't say—
BÉQUART. Tell us.
JULIE. Mamma lives in the Rue Saint-Antoine, near here. The carriages that go to the prison pass our house at night. I get up and see them—I see nearly all. But sometimes I miss them, and when I wake up, they've already passed.
BÉQUART. Why did you want to see them?
JULIE. Because they suffer.
BÉQUART. It's not very pleasant to see people who suffer. Why do you want to see them?
JULIE [naively]. Because it makes me sad.
A PENSIONER [laughing]. There's a reason for you!
BÉQUART. Shut up! You fool!