SECOND SOLDIER
Twelve years of age!
That's ripe enough for marriage to a soldier.
[_They laugh._]

FIRST SOLDIER
She can't shoot! Look at the way she's holding it!
Duck down and make a rush for it! Come on!
[_Several of them make a rush_, RADA _steps back and shuts the door in
their faces._]

SECOND SOLDIER
Locked out, by God! We'll have to break it down.

MICHAEL
She'll keep her word. You'll never get 'em alive.

ARRAM
Never. I know that kind. You'd better clear out!

FIRST SOLDIER
Come on! We'll burst the door.
[_They put their shoulders to the door and it begins to give_. ARRAM
_makes a sign to_ MICHAEL, _urging him to interfere. A revolver shot is
heard within. The men pause, and there is another shot._]

ARRAM
By God, she's done it!
[_There is a booming of distant artillery._]