“I know not,” said Gilline; “let us drink.”
But the girls would not drink with her.
And Gilline took her viola and sang in French this song:
Au son de la viole,
Je chante nuit et jour;
Je suis la fille-folle,
La vendeuse d’amour.
Astarté de mes hanches
Fit les lignes de feu;
J’ai les épaules blanches,