15/23 I must be free, though I vex the world's watchdogs .-- So, Danvers, you are noticing how thoroughly Frenchwomen do their work.' Danvers replied with a slight mincing: 'They may, ma'am; but they chatter chatter so.' 'The result proves that it is not a waste of energy. They manage their fowls too.' 'They've no such thing as mutton, ma'am.' Dacier patriotically laughed. She was not convinced of its being good for them by hearing that they could work on it sixteen hours out of the four and twenty. At sunset Diana, taking Danvers beside her, walked with him to the line of the country road bearing on Caen. |