Labels:black and white | book | letter | person | reading | outdoor OCR: The effect was sensational -- not indeed upon Belinski, who was used to servants speaking French when they didn't speak Gerzean-but upon Mr. Syreu and Hilda and Cluny Brown. They hardly saw Mr. Belinski depart, they were gazing, but now with admiration, at the accomplished bowekeeper. " Dear me," said Mr. Syrett, "dear me, Mrs. Maile, 1 had no idea you could parley-vous,' " I learnt French as a girl."replied Mrs. Maile modestly She did not ad the air of a Citarnt exactly three phrases, the other two being, " Quale beure est-il,""and " Comment vous allez-vous ; " but with the air of a Cincinnatus returning to bis plough went back to the fire and took up her end of the sheet. The rest of the evening she was in an unusually good humour ; in fact the whole incident had pleased her very much. C ...
