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I groaned, my nerves quivering under the pitying eye of the cabman, and the early-Christian-martyr expression of Phyllis. "Don't ask me," said she, in icy vengefulness; "you would bring me to Holland, and I shouldn't speak Dutch if I could." "I spik Eengleesh," announced the cabman.
He is a great man I dunno not; but he spik at me like dis, 'Is dere sick, and cripple, and stay in-bed people here dat can't get up? he say. An' I say, 'Not plenty, but some-bagosh! Dere is dat Miss Greet, an' ole Ma'am Drouchy, an' dat young Pete Hayes an' so on. 'Well, if they have faith I will heal them, he spik at me. 'From de Healing Springs dey shall rise to walk, he say.
But now, as he saw the girl, he gave a shout of joy which pierced the hearts of all. "Ah, you haf it! Say you haf it, or it is no use he mus' hang. Spik spik! Ah, my brudder it is to do him right! Ah, Loisette bon Dieu, merci!" For answer she placed the reprieve in the hands of the Sheriff. Then she swayed and fell fainting at the feet of Ba'tiste. She had come at the stroke of the hour.
Carara leaned languidly against the wall, took a match from his pocket, and dextrously struck it between the nails of his thumb and finger. He breathed his lungs full of smoke and exhaled it through his nose. "I would have spik to you biffore, but the Senor Fat is" he shrugged his shoulders "frighten' so bad he will not understan'. So I come back." "Who's scared?" said Glass, gruffly.
"The boss Cojuelo, he makka the business with the Ingles at El Castillo de Ruiz. You no need to have the fear, señorita. You alla right, yes, sure aqui. I spik the Ingles all right yes? Vos comprender? Bein! The boss, the maestro, he come back all right, señorita. Yes, allaright, tank you ver' much, please!"
No, sah, I no spik to him no more!" and the negro cook would retire with ill-suppressed anger, which was all the more amusing to us from its having been occasioned by a monkey!
Constance studied him more intently. There was something elusively familiar about his expression; she was sure she had seen him before. 'Buon giorno, she replied in Italian. 'You have lived in the United States? 'Si, signorina. 'What is your name? 'I spik Angleesh, he observed. 'I don't care if you do speak English; I prefer Italian what is your name? She repeated the question in Italian.
Then the servant returned, ushering in a dwarfish Arab in a dirty white turban, and the shabby black galabeah worn only by the poor who cannot afford good materials and the bright colours loved by Egyptians. "From Antoun Effendi?" asked Biddy, in excitement, as he held out a piece of folded paper, not in an envelope. The man shook his head. "He spik no English," explained the servant who waited.
"Yah" replied the good-natured German, who did n't understand a word. "Two places, diligence, coupe, morning. Is it full?" "Yah," replied the accommodating fellow. "Hotel man spik English." I suggested the banquette as desirable, if it could be obtained, and the German was equally willing to give it to us.
"Besser," said some one, and some rapid German followed. He perceived that close at hand was a field telephone, and that a tall officer in blue was talking thereat about him. Another stood close beside him with the portfolio of drawings and photographs in his hand. They looked round at him. "Do you spik Cherman, Herr Booteraidge?" Bert decided that he had better be dazed.
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