Have they killed a so-long snake?
Bareheaded shopmen leave their wives, who stand upon chairs.

The crowd huddles and packs.

Those on the outside make little leaps into the air, trying to be tall.
"What is the matter ?" "Have they caught a real live rat ?" "Who is hurt ?" asks some one in English.
"_Personne_," replies a shopkeeper; "a man's hat blow' in the gutter; but he has it now.

Jules pick' it.

See, that is the man, head and shoulders on top the res'." "He in the homespun ?" asks a second shopkeeper.