I took sides with them and tried to bring him to better manners.

We rarely met without his flinging some insult after me.

They were generally in the patois, but I knew them to be insults by his manner and by the way they were greeted by those who did understand." "Had you met last night before you met near the Coupee ?" "We passed Tom by La Vauroque as we came from the Doctor's.

He shouted something after us, but I did not understand it." "You don't know what it was that he said ?" an unfortunate question on the part of the Senechal, and quite unintentionally so on his part.

It necessitated the introduction of matters Gard would fain have kept out of the enquiry.
"Well," he said, with visible reluctance, "I learned afterwards, and by accident, something of what he said or meant." "How was that, and what was it ?" "Is it necessary to go into that?
Won't it do if I say it was a very gross insult ?" The three at the table conferred for a moment.