"What is your name?" asked the venerable dispenser of justice.
"'What's your name?' asked the venerable dispenser of justice."
"Louis Belgrave, su merced" (your honor), replied the owner of the Guardian-Mother.
"You are a Dutchman; from what part of Holland do you come?"
"From no part of Holland; I am an American, your honor," replied Louis, who had entirely recovered the self-possession he had lost for the moment.
He proceeded to explain that he resided in Von Blonk Park, which was a town in the State of New Jersey, and quite near the city of New York. The name of the town had led Señor Gray to suppose he was a Dutchman, though he had fully explained to him that he was an American, and that neither he nor any of his companions were Dutch.
"What is your business?"