"I will tell them if you call me that again! Causton, have you a young man? (That means, Avez-voo un jeune homme, Pig?)"
"Not for you to shout his name through keyholes," Louie replied, smiling.
"No, but do tell us—have you?"
"At my age?" said Louie mockingly, sitting down on the edge of the bed and reaching for candied fruits.
"Go on—you're trying to wriggle out of it—have you?"
"Hush, little girl—open your mouth——" She popped a fruit into the mouth that itself resembled an untouched fruit.
Pigou, from the lower deck of the washstand, interposed loudly:
"Elle a vingt-quatr'ans—elle est perdue!"
"Uppé petite chose, avec voter Françay," commented Burnett Minor.