—"Ess Tité?"
—"Ou pa save,—tant pis pou ou!"
—"Ess Youma?"
—"Pouki ou 'lè save nom moin?—ça ou ké fai épi y?"
—"Ess Yaiya?"
—"Non, çé pa y."
—"Ess Maiyotte?"
—"Non! ou pa ké janmain trouvé y!"
—"Ess Sounoune?—ess Loulouze?"
She does not answer, but quickens her pace and begins to sing,—not as the half-breed, but as the African sings,—commencing with a low long weird intonation that suddenly breaks into fractions of notes inexpressible, then rising all at once to a liquid purling bird-tone, and descending as abruptly again to the first deep quavering strain:—