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`` It is war-time , Monsieur , '' she lamented . `` None travel now . Yet why should I mourn , since I make enough to keep me till the war is ended and my man comes home ? There are those who eat here daily at the noon hour -- the cure , the mayor , the mayor 's secretary , sometimes the notary of the town , as well . And to-night I have two guests , monsieur and the young lady -- the nurse who goes to the hospital at Carrefonds with the great new remedy for burns and scars . _ Au revoir , Monsieur _ . In one little moment I will send the hot water , and in half an hour monsieur shall dine . ''