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Nana

All right. He leaves them all over the place. That's how they get crumpled up.
[Exits.]

Helena

[Looking through a binocular at the harbor]: That's a warship. U-l-t-i Ultimus. They're loading it.

Nana

Here they are. See how they're crumpled up.
[Enters.]

Helena

They're old ones. A week old.
[Nana sits in chair and reads the newspapers.]

Helena

Something's happening, Nana.

Nana

Very likely. It always does. [Spelling out the words]: "War in the Bal-kans." Is that far off?

Helena

Oh, don't read it. It's always the same. Always wars.