"Well! We will talk of something else, if you please!"
"Oh! women, women! you have much to answer for!" sighed the innkeeper.
"I was happy enough with my first wife, though, and Caillette is her very image."
"She must be a big girl, now, it is five years since I saw her."
"And she is nearly sixteen. An angel without wings!"
"How does she get on with your wife?"
"Oh! Roulante can't endure her!"
Schwann shook his head.
"Ah! my lad, you made a great mistake. I felt it when you told me that you were about to marry the giantess. She had something about her eyes I didn't like. She doesn't ill-treat Caillette, I hope?"
"Not if I know it!" answered Gudel, clenching his enormous fist. "Just let her lay a finger on the girl, that is all!"