“And then how long to the big railroad to New Orleans?”
“’Ow long?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, maybe those nex’ day too h’also sometam, heem.”
“Then it will be three days, four days, before a letter could get from the lighthouse to New Orleans?”
“’Ow long?”
“Three or four days?”
“Oui, maybe so.”
“And how long will it take us to get in to the plantation of Monsieur Edouard, above, there?”
“’Ow long?”