"Yes; but why has he got a back without any bend in it, as if he'd swallowed the Colonne Vendôme as far up as the battle of Austerlitz?"
"Because he's an Englishman!"
And so on, till all the supposed characteristics of Little Billee's outer man were exhausted. Then:
"Papelard!"
"What?"
"I should like to know if the Englishman says his prayers before going to bed."
"Ask him."
"Ask him yourself!"
"I should like to know if the Englishman has sisters; and if so, how old and how many and what sex."