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And the words of a French song came back into my memory, telling of the best of our mixed existence: "Que t'as de belles filles, Giroflé! Girofla! Que t'as de belles filles, L'Amour les comptera!" And I blessed God that I was free to wander, free to hope, and free to love. But there was another side to my residence at Our Lady of the Snows.
"Bring us," I said, "a plain omelet and one dish of prunes." I waited till Peter Girofla translated this into French and then I added, "And on the side, please, two glasses of water and three toothpicks. Have the prunes fricasseed, wash the water on both corners, and bring the toothpicks rare." The waiter rushed away and all around us we could hear money talking to itself.
"'Bring us, I said, 'a plain omelet and one dish of prunes. "I waited till Peter Girofla translated this into French and then I added, 'And on the side, please, two glasses of water and three toothpicks. Have the prunes fricasseed, wash the water on both corners, and bring the toothpicks rare. "The waiter rushed away and all around us we could hear money talking to itself.
And the words of a French song came back into my memory, telling of the best of our mixed existence: 'Que t'as de belles filles, Girofle! Girofla! Que t'as de belles filles, L'Amour let comptera! And I blessed God that I was free to wander, free to hope, and free to love. But there was another side to my residence at Our Lady of the Snows.
For the children soon picked up an affection for him, seeing that he was never too busy to drop his gardening and come and be umpire at their games of 'tig' or 'prisoners' bars. Also he had stories for them, and halfpennies or sweetmeats in mysterious pockets, and songs which he taught them: Giroflé, girofla, and Compagnons de la Marjolaine, and Les Petits Bateaux do you know it?
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