"Come in--ma'm'selle says come in, and tell your tales here, if they're fit to hear, Jo Portugais.

Who are you to say no when ma'm'selle bids!" she added.
Very soon afterwards Jo was inside the post-office, telling his tale with the deliberation of a lesson learned by heart.
"It's all right, as ma'm'selle knows," he said.

"The Cure was there when ma'm'selle brought a letter to M'sieu' Mallard.

The Cure knows all.
M'sieu' come to my house sick-and he stayed there.

There is nothing like the pine-trees and the junipers to cure some things.