"I tell you what will happen to you."
"No matter. I remain."
"You will remain here?"
"Yes."
"In spite of us?"
"In spite of you, and Calabash, and Nicholas, and all others of the same kidney."
"Stop; you make me laugh."
"I tell you I'll remain here until I find the means to earn my living elsewhere with the children; alone, I should not be embarrassed. I should return to the woods; but, on their account, I want more time to find out what I want. Until then I remain."
"Ah! you remain until you can take away the children?"
"As you say!"