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"That's why I showed yer the way out of the works over the iron fence by the empty casks, and brought yer by the beach to this 'ere house of entertainment, and stood yer a bottle of brandy between two of us which is handsome, not bein' my own money, seeing as how the others deputed me to do it me knowing a bit of French, comprenny?"
The muleteer became voluble, patting Maryette on one arm and then on the other: "J’ai vue Jack Burley, mamzelle, toot a l’heure! Il est bien, savvy voo! Il est tray, tray bien! Bocoo de trou! N’importe! Il va tray bien! Savvy voo? Jack Burley, l’ami de voo! Comprenny? On va le guerir toot sweet! Wee! Wee! Wee!
'Mossoo and Madame Hostin? comprenny? and he says, 'Ya-ase, and then bursts out laughing, and looks as proud as a hen that's just laid a hegg Ya-ase, Mossoo et Madame." George Fairfax and Clarissa met very frequently after that ball at the Embassy. It happened that they knew the same people; Mr.
Benjamin, like most of his countrymen, considering that if one speaks English in a loud, clear voice, and adds "comprenny" rather severely, as indicating the intention of standing no nonsense, the previous remarks will translate themselves miraculously in the hearer's mind. "You comprenny eh? Yes. Oui."
"You've got a nasty habit of saying 'Eh?" retorted the trader. "I said I'd do as much for you one of these days. Comprenny?" "Oh yais," smiled the Frenchman. "I think you will. Tha's all right." "Well," said Mills, "I wish you'd come up and see me at my kia. Sure you can't come now?" "Yais, I coom now," answered the other. Mills stared.
It was a joke of our soldiers to crawl on and through the reeds and enter the French line and exchange souvenirs with the sentries. "Souvenir!" said one of them one day. "Bullet you know cartouche. Comprenny?"
And I shall take care, Mamsell, that you return to Switzerland to-morrow. I've no doubt you are a relation of Courvoisier oui! oui! courvoisier, vous comprenny and you shall certainly be sent back to your friends." With this speech, and with the children and their maid sobbing before her, my lady retired; but for once my sister-in-law was on my side, not liking the meddlement of the elder lady.
But I think," he added to himself, when the gate was closed behind Roden, "that I can fool her." "A tous maux, il y a deux remedes le temps et le silence." "They call me Uncle Ben comprenny?" one man explained very slowly to another for the sixth time across a small iron table set out upon the pavement.
A person in the crowd, after some hesitation, said suddenly, "No comprenny!" and then, blushing deeply, backed out of the press and went away. "Take him into your room," whispered Bobbie to the Station Master. "Mother can talk French. She'll be here by the next train from Maidbridge." The Station Master took the arm of the stranger, suddenly but not unkindly.
Joseph was very busy, and his admonishing voice was heard at times. "Here, Johnny, hammer in that peg. Now, old cups and saucers, stop that grinning and fetch me some water. None of your frogs and creepy crawly thing this time, my blonde beauty, but clean water, comprenny?" With these and similar lightsome turns of speech was Joseph in the habit of keeping his men up to the mark.
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