Angélique
What's 'Merican?
Jean-Baptiste
Droll p'tite. Why, everybody in all France knows that name. Of American.
Angélique
(Unashamed.) Do they? What is it?
Jean-Baptiste
It's the people that live in the so large country across the ocean. They came over and saved all our lives, and France.
Angélique
(Surprised.) Did they save my life, Jean-B'tiste?