Pour appeler ses dames.”
(Phil took his banjo from the wall behind the sofa. In a low voice he murmured the old song, which he had not forgotten, to the air played by the band when it announced Helia’s entrance into the ring:
“Le Roy fait battre le tambour
Pour appeler ses dames,...
Et la première qu’il a vue
Lui a ravi son âme.”
(“The King has the drum beat
To call out his ladies,...
And the first one he sees