"But he doesn't talk French, so I don't suppose he will follow you." He received the information with a smile.

"But I speak English, mademoiselle," he protested for the second time.
"Ah yes, you do--after a fashion," admitted Chris.

"But I don't suppose Cinders would understand it.

It's not very English English." He raised his shoulders in a gesture that was purely French.

"_La belle dame sans merci_!" he murmured ruefully.