Iron Jaws laughed aloud.
"I want none of your poisoners here, let me tell you." He caught sight of Bobichel, as he spoke. The clown was crying like a baby. "What is the matter with you, Bob?" he asked.
"Nothing, master, nothing at all; I am so happy."
"You have been fighting, sir?" said Gudel.
La Roulante bustled forward.
"No, he was impertinent to me," she said, "and I gave him such a shaking as he deserved, that was all. But have not you a word for your wife?"
Gudel turned his head away. Bobichel took advantage of this movement to shake his fist in the face of the giantess.
"Now let me see if I can stand," said Gudel. "One! two! three!"
He was on his feet.
"I must look at that chain," he said, "when Fanfar comes. And where is he? It seems to me that he is gone a long time."