Why should you shame him so?
He went because he wanted to go." This was a new light upon the subject for her mother.
"Thrue for you, Annette, gurl," she said, "an' ye said it that time.

But why for did he not induce the bye to remain?
It would be little enough if he had made him the Manager of the hull works.

That same would never pay back what he did for his son." "Hush, Mother," said Annette, in a shocked and angry voice, "let no one hear you speak like that.

Pay back! You know, Mother, nothing could ever pay back a thing like that." The anger in her daughter's voice startled the mother.
"Oui! by gar!" said Perrotte, who had overheard, with quick wrath.
"Dat's foolish talk for sure! Dere's no man can spik lak dat to me, or I choke him on his fool t'roat, me." "Right you are, mon pere!" said Annette appeasing her father.

"Mother did not think what she was saying." "Dat's no bon," replied Perrotte, refusing to be appeased.