He was in search of Madame, his wife, whom he had not yet seen.
He gathered the two girls in his mighty arms, tousling them with rough tenderness.

Alice returned his affectionate embrace and told him where to find Madame Roussillon, who was with Dame Godere, probably at her house.
"Nobody killed," he said, in answer to Alice's inquiry about the catastrophe at the fort.

"Some of 'em hurt and burnt a little.

Great big scare about nearly nothing.

Ziff! my children, you should have seen me quiet things.