"Dear, dear me!" said Mole. "What does it mean?"
"He's asking your name," said Jack, "and you can't understand it."
"Oh!"
"I'll tell him for you, as you don't seem to know a word," said Jack. "Il s'appelle Ikey Mole," he added to the commissaire.
"Aîké Moll," repeated the commissaire. "Il est Arabe?"
"Oui, monsieur. C'est un des lieutenants du grand Abd-el-Kader."
"Vraiment!" exclaimed the commissaire, in a tone of mingled surprise and respect. "Passez, M'sieur Aîké Moll."[2] ]
[2] "He calls himself Ikey Mole," says Jack to the commissaire de police.
"Aîké Moll!" repeats the commissaire, pronouncing the incongruous sounds as nearly as he can. "Why, he must be an Arab."