"Do you know the child?"
"I have seen her, but have never spoken to her."
"Do you know her?" He turned to Hayoue.
"Why not?" replied Hayoue, with a smile. "I know everybody who wears a petticoat."
"Have you been to see her?"
"No."
"Never?" Topanashka looked at him suspiciously.
"No!"
"How can you know her, then?"
"As I know all the others,—by meeting them out of doors, talking, and playing with them. I know them all,—all!" And the beau of the Rito yawned complacently, and stretched himself.