"Well, old man, what is it?"
And he took Addie outside.
"I've been fighting with that cad of a Jaap. He called me an Italian, Frans. What did he mean?"
Frans started; and Addie noticed it, became suspicious.
"Oh, nothing, old man: it's just that he's an ass!"
"No, Frans, there must be some reason why he called me that; and I mean to know the reason."
"Don't worry about it, old chap."
"And the other fellows licked Jaap because he said it. And then Jaap also said ..."
"Well, what else did Jaap say, old man?"
"That I ... that I was not the son of my father."