The things we do!

"
She affected not to understand him. "How long since she was here,
Eleazar?" she demanded.
"What for you'll talk like those to me? I'll not know nossing,
Mademoiselle. I'll not even know who is Mademoiselle, or why
she'll been here, me. I'll not know for say, whether 'Madame,'
whether 'Mademoiselle.' _Mais_ 'Mademoiselle'--_que je pense_."
She looked about her hastily. "I'm here against my wish, Eleazar.
I want to get away from here as soon as I can."
He drew away in sudden fright. "I'll not know nossing at all, me,"
he reiterated.
"Eleazar, you like money perhaps?"
"Of course, yes. _Tout le monde il aime l'argent_."
"Then listen, Eleazar. Some day we will walk, perhaps. How far is
it to Cape Girardeau, where the French people live?"
"My son Hector he'll live there wance, on Cap' Girardeau. He'll
make the tub, make the cask, make the bar_rel_. Cap' Girardeau,
oh, perhaps two--t'ree day. Me, I walk heem once, maybe so feefty
mile, maybe so seexty mile, in wan day, two-t'ree a little more
tam, me.


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