human
Don't be a fool, I say to you again, Batoche. You know who I am and you must understand that I would not be out in such a place and on such a night without necessary cause. These are my friends. For sufficient reasons, they must not be known at present. Believe me, and don't advance further. Besides they are now invisible.
gpt
But why these strange cries?
human
The bark of the wolf is our rallying cry.
gpt
The wolf!
human
Do you understand now?
gpt
You don't mean it. I knew it would come, but did not expect it so soon. The wolf, you said? Ah! sixteen years are a long time, but it passes, Barbin. We are old now, yet not broken--
human
Yes, yes, Batoche, it is thus. Make yourself ready, as we are doing. But I must go. My companions are waiting for me. We have important work to do to-night.
gpt
And I?
human
Your work, Batoche, is not now, but later, not here, but elsewhere. Be quiet; you have not been forgotten.
gpt
The wolf! I knew it would come, but who would have thought it? Will my violin sing the old song to me to-night? Will Clara glide under the waterfall?