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Chapter IV: Prologue: SCENE. The parlour of an Auberge

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PERSONS. _A stoist motherly_ MADAME, _a wrinkled fatherly_
MONSIEUR, _and a plain but pleasant_ MA'MSELLE. _Some English
soldiers drinking_. CECIL _is talking in French to_ MONSIEUR,
_and they are all very friendly_.

MADAME. Alors, vous n'avez pas encore été aux tranchées?

CECIL. Mais non, Madame, peut-être ce soir.

(MONSIEUR _and_ MADAME _exchange glances_. CECIL _rises to go._)

CECIL. À Jeudi, Monsieur, Madame, Ma'mselle.

MONSIEUR, MADAME, AND MA'MSELLE (_in chorus_). À Jeudi, Monsieur.

MADAME (_earnestly_). Bon courage, Monsieur!

(_Curtain_)

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