Rachel and Rahe

  "Explain."

The crowd watched in confusion, Rachel and her tongue made a grave impression, the maids narrowed their gossips into whispers, Johna, excited as he was confused, kept the head below eye-level onto the half-empty beer bottle.

  "Explain?" returned Igna casually.

The twins stood face-to-face, the sister tittered on the edge of annoyance, the brother hid in her shadow, part of the preliminary reading of body-movements told many things, one glared its ugly face, abstention. He unwillingly and with faint movements, leaned away from Rachel who energetically leaned forward at Igna. 

  "Yes," she flung her arms in the air, "-I was assaulted."

  "Is this supposed to be a joke?"

  "Do I look like I'm joking?"