15/29 "We've got into the habit of thinking of the French as always dark, but many of them are fair. I've heard our school teacher, Mr.Pennypacker, say so often, and he ought to know. For the matter of that, some of the Spaniards are light, too." "Yes, thar's Alvarez," said Shif'less Sol. "He's light, an' that's one reason why I mistrusted him the first time I saw him. It looks more nateral fur a Spaniard to be dark." As they stood in the Place d'Armes looking at the sights, the five themselves began to attract much attention. |