Marie Claire was startled when the voice suddenly came from behind her. Crapaudvigne was also surprised, as the large man leapt a foot into the air upon hearing it. She put her hand on the arm of the large lad to calm him down. She turned to face the voice, knowing already it was one of the Prussian soldiers, as his accent was hard to hide. She always had to concentrate to make out what they were saying, even though this one had spoken clearly enough. She straightened her dress and averted her eyes from him, then answered.<strong>“Monsieur La Roux is going into Falquemont on business. What business this might be, I do not know. I am merely the servant here, such things are not discussed with me.”</strong>Even though the Prussians had for the large part been respectful and courteous – as well as an invader can expected to be – there was still a constant, underlying threat of violence, and it wasn’t any different with this current conversation with the soldier.<br/><br/>She was growing quite nervous when they were saved quite literally by a loud bang. It wasn’t rare for them to hear explosion, but this one was much closer than usual and it seemed to come from the wrong side. Marie Claire went to the window and stared outside, seeing that the bang had caused some commotion amongst the Prussian soldiers as well. As she stood by the window, she eventually recognized a familiar figure amongst the people at the main gate. Marie Claire opened the door and neared the archway that lead out into the dirt road in front of the farm. She waved at Yvette and explained to the Sergeant on guard duty that she was a friend.<strong>“Come on in Yvette. Did you hear that explosion? It sounded so close!”</strong>After Yvette had been waved past the entrance, Marie Claire gave her a hand and they proceeded to walk towards the main house together.<strong>“I need to speak with you about an urgent matter.”</strong>She kept her voice hushed and nodded her head at the farm house, to signal the fact that there was a Prussian inside at that time.<br/>