"We can't leave the house and the property to be pillaged.

We are the heirs, but we can't camp here.

You, Cremiere, go to Dionis at once and tell him to come and certify to the death; I can't draw up the mortuary certificate for an uncle, though I am assistant-mayor.

You, Massin, go and ask old Bongrand to attach the seals.

As for you, ladies," he added, turning to his wife and Mesdames Cremiere and Massin, "go and look after Ursula; then nothing can be stolen.