[_Pushes her mother into a chair._]
_Mother:_ [_Starts._]
Is there any news? Quick! Tell me!
_Amelia:_
Not since yesterday. Only they say Franz is at the front. We don't know
where Emil and Otto are, and there's been a battle; but--
_Mother:_ [_Murmurs, with closed eyes._]
My boys! my boys!
_Amelia:_