“He ees vone beeg t’ief; he keel Manou, he steal, he ver’ bad!” said Tritou.
“Vone lie, ça!” contradicted Le Grand when Tritou had finished speaking.
The latter looked up quickly. “Vat dat you say, Le Grand?”
“Ah say you mak’ vone lie.”
“V’y for you say dat moi, Tritou, mak’ vone lie?”
“Nev’ min’ vat for. Ah say you mak’ beeg lie v’en you parler dat vay de Verbaux. Ah say, an’ Ah know vat Ah say.”
Tritou made no comment upon Le Grand’s emphatic speech, and so the conversation lapsed.
Le Bossu stared hard at the fire; then he shook himself, as though waking up.
“Ah goin’ catch dees Verbaux,” he said quietly.
The others smiled. “’Ow?” they asked.