MARY ROSE. Prenez garde, mon brave!
SIMON. Mon Dieu! Qu’il est un drôle!
MARY ROSE. Mais moi, je l’aime; il est tellement— What is the French for an original?
SIMON. That stumps me.
CAMERON. Colloquially coquin might be used, though the classic writers would probably say simply un original.
SIMON (with a groan). Phew, this is serious. What was that book you were reading, Cameron, while I was fishing?
CAMERON. It iss a small Euripides I carry in the pocket, Mr. Blake.
SIMON. Latin, Mary Rose!
CAMERON. It may be Latin, but in these parts we know no better than to call it Greek.
SIMON. Crushed again! But I dare say it is good for me. Sit down and have pot-luck with us.