“Young boys and girls are getting together in the cellars to sing forbidden songs. They say they want to overthrow the old world and build a new one.”

“A new world? What will this new world be like?”

“They’re the ones who know, sister, they alone. But listen, come close and listen. They say that blood will have to be spilled for this new world to be built.”

“That I can believe. If an animal has to be sacrificed when a new bridge is built, what will it take to build a whole new world?”

“A hecatomb.”

“Good Lord! What are you saying?”