"If I do, want must be my master," said I, returning his smile. "We gave away our only loaf."
"But what if I have earned another, and a good bowl of milk?" rejoined La Croissette, producing both as he spoke. "There, sit up and eat your fill; I've had my share in the house."
"Where are we?" said I, readily obeying his instructions.
"At a wayside farm-house, where the honest people have given my horse a good feed, and you and me a good breakfast."
"How did you earn it, then?"
"By pulling out a tooth for a great lubberly boy, whose cheek had swollen enormously with toothache. Did you not hear him cry out? You might almost have heard him from here to Nismes."
"Yes, I heard him cry and then laugh."
"Because he was so glad to have got rid of it."
"Can you draw teeth, then?"
"I never drew one before, but I went at it as if it was a regular thing with me."