Jutting Balconies in the Creole City

"Won't you remember this night when you hear them sing in the cages?—poor little prisoners!"

"But we have none where I am now going. It is all wild out there; rough wooden houses and rough men!—no pets—not even a cat!"

"Then what would you do with a little bird in such a place? They would all laugh at you—would n't they?"

"No; I don't think so. Rough men love little pets."

"Little pets!"

"Like you, yes—too well!"

"Too well?"