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That was the question that Perrine anxiously asked herself, for on that day her role of interpreter to the English machinists would terminate. That of translator of newspaper articles to M. Vulfran, would that continue until M. Bendit had recovered from his illness? Here was another question that made her even still more anxious.
Bendit; he's reading his Bible," whispered Rosalie. Then suddenly, with no respect for the gentleman's occupation, she said: "Monsieur Bendit, here's a girl who speaks English." "Ah!" he said, without raising his eyes from his Bible. Two minutes elapsed before he lifted his eyes and turned them to Perrine. "Are you an English girl?" he asked in English.
On her tramps along the high roads and through the various towns she had seen many drinking places, but nowhere had she heard such words, so clear and shrill, as those which came confusedly from the low rooms. When she reached Mother Françoise's garden she saw Mr. Bendit still reading.
"'Tain't a question of being a poor girl or a young lady; it's a question of knowing English," said Rosalie. "I speak it, but to translate a business letter is another thing," said Perrine, doubtfully. "It'll be all right with M. Mombleux; he knows the business part." "Well, then, tell him I shall be very pleased if I can do anything for M. Bendit." "I'll tell him."
For, as the auld sang says, Her hair was like the craw, An' her ble was like the snaw, An' her bow bendit lip Was like the rose hip, An' her ee was like the licht'nin', Glorious an' fricht'nin'. But a' that wad sune be ower! "Aboot this time, ae day i' the gloamin', there cam on sic an awfu' storm, 'at the fowk o' the castel war frichtit 'maist oot o' their wits.
Why should he come back? And then, even if he was in Bosnia or Turkey, that was not to say that he was on his way to Maraucourt. Coming from India to France, why should he have to go to Bosnia? It was not on the route. This remark came from Bendit, who, with his English coolheadedness, looked at things only from a practical standpoint, in which sentiment played no part.
Yesterday she translated the 'Dundee News' more intelligently than Bendit. And it was the first time that she had read trade journal stuff." "Does anyone know who her parents were?" asked the manager. "Perhaps Talouel does; I do not," said Vulfran. "She is in a very miserable and pitiful condition," said the manager. "I gave her five francs for her food and lodging."
"I won't forget; besides, I know English." "You know English! You!" "My mother was English." "So, so! Well, that'll be fine for Mr. Bendit, but he'd be more pleased if you knew every language. His great stunt on Sunday is to read prayers that are printed in twenty-five languages. When he's gone through them once, he goes over them again and again. Every Sunday he does the same thing.
"Why shouldn't you have come?" "Because they wanted to send me to Picquigny for Mr. Bendit; he is ill." "What's the matter with him?" "He's got typhoid fever. He's very ill. Since yesterday he hasn't known what he's been talking about, and he doesn't know anybody. And I had an idea about you...." "Me! What about me?" "Something you can do...." "If there is anything I can do for Mr.
The tone of her reply evidently pleased the engineer, for turning to Perrine he gave her an encouraging smile. "But if you are replacing Mr. Bendit?" said Mombleux obstinately. "Say that Mademoiselle is keeping his job for him," retorted Fabry. "It's the same thing," answered Mombleux. "Not at all, for in a week or two, when he'll be better, he'll come back in his old place.
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