She is right, it is the--brute: there is no other word.' 'And French and good!' Mrs.Marsett ejaculated.

'My Ned reads French novels, and he says, their women....

But your mademoiselle is a real one.

If she says all that, I could kneel to her, French or not.

Does she talk much about men and women ?' 'Not often: we lose our tempers.